Confucius Was A Humanist And An Agnostic.

But I Wish To Point Out That It Is Entirely Wrong To Say That The Chinese Are Not Religious.

Within My Own Life, I Read All The Beloved Novels By Lamps Of Vegetable Oil; I Saw The Standard Oil Invading My Own Village, I Saw Gas Lamps In The Chinese Shops In Shanghai; And I Saw Their Elimination By Electric Lights.

Whenever You Do Something Without Asking Yourself, "why Am I Doing This?"-that Is Meaningless Life... . The "why" Of Life Makes It Meaningful... . Only When An Answer Is Given Is One Living Life As A Man.

It Is Only Through Contact And Comparison That The Relative Value Or Worthlessness Of The Various Cultural Elements Can Be Clearly And Critically Seen And Understood.

The Sun Exactly At Noon Is Exactly [beginning To] Go Down. And A Creature When He Is Born Is Exactly [beginning To] Die.