Whenever You Do Something Without Asking Yourself,

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

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.

India Conquered And Dominated China Culturally For 20 Centuries Without Ever Having To Send A Single Soldier Across Her Border.

Another Important Historical Factor Is The Fact That This Already Very Simple Religion Was Further Simplified And Purified By The Early Philosophers Of Ancient China. Our First Great Philosopher Was A Founder Of Naturalism; And Our Second Great Philosopher Was An Agnostic.

The Rise Of The Dramas In The Thirteenth Century, And The Rise Of The Great Novels In A Later Period, Together With Their Frank Glorification Of Love And The Joys Of Life, May Be Called The Third Renaissance.