The Underlying Sickness Of Human Life Is

And Lastly, The Political Revolutions From 1911 To The Present Time Have Done More To Bring About Tremendous Social Changes Everywhere Than Even The Economic And Industrial Changes And The New Schools.

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.

The Most Outstanding Characteristic Of Eastern Civilization Is To Know Contentment, Whereas That Of Western Civilization Is Not To Know Contentment. Contented Easterners Are Satisfied With Their Simple Life And Therefore Do Not Seek To Increase Their Material Enjoyment... They Are Satisfied With Their Present Lot And Environment And Therefore Do Not Want To Conquer Nature But Merely Be At Home With Nature And At Peace With Their Lot.

The Knowledge That Mankind Needs Is Not The Way Or Principle Which Has An Absolute Existence, But The Particular Truths For Here And Now And For Particular Individuals. Absolute Truth Is Imaginary, Abstract, Vague, Without Evidence, And Cannot Be Demonstrated.

The Underlying Sickness Of Human Life Is An Unwillingness To Look With Open Eyes At The Condition Of The World.