Hu Shi's famous sayings

1. The Americans came, had bread, and had freedom; the Soviets came, had bread, and no freedom; they came, no bread, no freedom.

2. Tolerance is more important than freedom.

3. Unintentional reading is a walk rather than a study.

4. Reading the books of the ancients, on the one hand, we must know how the ancients are clever, and on the other hand, we must know what the ancients are stupid.

5. To be like a pyramid, you must be able to be high.

6. The spirit of science lies in the search for facts and the search for truth.

7. Also think about it, you can avoid thinking. After a few thoughts, I am willing to think.

8. In my opinion, China’s education can not only save the country, it can simply ruin the country.

9. You can not beat something with nothing.

10. Friends, when you are most pessimistic and disappointed, that is the time when you have to build up strong confidence. You must be convinced that there is no effort in the world. Success does not have to be with me, and the skill will not be donated.

11. For a long time in the middle of the world, the eyes are high and empty.

12. Ning Ming died, not born.

13. Do not doubt the suspicious personnel and doubt the principle.

14. There is a bit of evidence to say a few words, and seven points of evidence do not say eight points.

15. How to harvest, plant it first.

16. History is not a little girl dressed up.

17. Study more questions and talk less about "ism."

18. Speak less and talk more and do more practical things.

19. I am afraid that there is no end to the truth, and there is an inch of joy in one inch.

20. Bold assumptions, careful verification; serious work, serious work.

21. The former Zen monk once said, “Bodhidharma is coming, just find someone who is not confusing.” I have a thousand words here, just to teach people a way of being unconcerned. It was not a high-mindedness to be led by Confucius and Zhu Xi, but it was not a good man to be led by Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. I never want to take the nose of my own. I only hope to do my meager ability, teach my young friends to learn a little self-defense ability, and strive to be a person who is not confusing.

22. Someone now tells you "sacrifice your personal freedom to fight for the freedom of the country." But I want to tell you that "for the individual to fight for freedom is to fight for freedom for the country, to fight for personal personality is to compete for social personality. The country of true freedom and equality is not established by a group of slaves."

23. Cast yourself into a device before you can hope to benefit society. The true for me is the most beneficial person. I have cast myself into a free and independent personality. You will naturally be content, dissatisfied with the status quo, and dare to tell the truth.

24. The meaning of insurance is only to prepare for tomorrow; to prepare for death when he is born; to prepare parents for children; to prepare children to grow up when they are young; Preparing tomorrow, this is true and steady; when he is ready to die, this is Shinta; parents prepare children, this is true love. Those who can do these three steps can be counted as modern people.

25. I have been embarrassed for ten years and never hate people who are jealous of me. Sometimes they are not arrogant, I am worried about them. Sometimes they are too hot, but they hurt their own personality, and I am more uneasy about them. If you are jealous of me, it is beneficial to me, that is, I am indirectly in favor of him, and I am naturally willing to marry.

26. In fact, a friend is a man-made relationship, a free choice of "human ethics". A brother is a natural relationship, and he is not a free choice.

27. There are many ways to fall. In summary, there are about two categories: The first is the desire to abandon the knowledge of the student era. The second is the pursuit of an ideal life that is easy to abandon the student era.

28. You have to look at the civilization of a country. You only have to look at three things: first, how they treat children; second, how they treat women; and third, how they use their leisure time.

29. Under the premise of not being free from thought, writing more words of ideological criticism is of no value.

30. In the 1950s, a large number of articles criticizing Hu Shi appeared in mainland China, and a series of series of critical essays were published. Some people collected these critical books and brought them to Hu Shi, who is far away. Hu Shi flipped through the book and said: "These are not worth seeing, because under the premise of not being free, there are no more words of ideological criticism. Value."

31. A dirty country, if everyone talks about rules rather than empty talk about morality, it will eventually become a normal country with some taste, and morality will naturally return. On the contrary, a clean country, if everyone does not talk about rules But when it comes to morality, talks about nobleness, talks about morality and ethics every day, everyone is unselfish, and eventually this country will become a dirty country with hypocrites.

32. It is clearly a society of male thieves and nieces. We are said to be the sages of sages and ceremonies. It is clearly the sleazy politics of eunuchs. We must sing praises and sorrows. It is obviously a big illness that cannot be saved. We say that there is no disease at all! But I don’t know: If you want to get sick, you must first recognize the disease. If you want to be politically good, you must first recognize that today's politics is really bad.

33. Religious places are contrary to human nature and are contrary to human feelings. Although religion has no spiritual value, it is of great material usefulness. Religion is available and can make people rich. The prosperity of religion is not because religion is really prosperous, but because religion has the benefits to be used.