I thought: hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist. It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made. Lu Xun More Quotes by Lu Xun More Quotes From Lu Xun Though science has given us many marvels, it has also spoiled many of our pleasant dreams. Lu Xun spoiled existential dream Let those who hanker after the past return to the past! Let those who want to leave the world leave the world! Let those who want to ascend to heaven do so! Let those whose souls want to leave their bodies expire quickly! The earth today should be inhabited by man with a firm hold on the present, a firm hold on the earth. Lu Xun men heaven past If we want to work out a policy for the present, we must examine the past and prepare for the future, discard the material and elevate the spirit, rely on the individual and exclude the mass. Lu Xun work-out want past Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character; it is a combination of mother and daughter. Lu Xun marriage daughter mother If men refuse to be kindled, sparks can only burn themselves out, just as paper images and carriages burn out on the street during funerals. Lu Xun funeral causes men When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet. Lu Xun puppets greatness men Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack the air I feel a certain slight tension, as if I were witnessing the invasion of Death, though this heightens my consciousness of the existence of Life. Lu Xun air morning school Though love is instinctive, it cannot develop without a certain stimulus and use. Lu Xun existential use love-is
