Browsing Topic Best Chinese Culture Quotes

He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Modern Chinese culture is weak and lackluster.

Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don’t ask questions… You follow and obey.

Seeking the Cave is part travelogue, part literary history, and part spiritual journey. James Lenfestey is a lively and entertaining tour guide. Modest, funny, curious, and wide open to the world, he gives us perceptive glimpses of Chinese culture, ancient to contemporary, and into what it means to be a poet, both now and twelve centuries ago. The account of his quest to find Han Shan’s cave is a delight from beginning to end.

I’m an English songwriter/composer, working in Mandarin and trying to find something about Chinese culture that I really relate to and respect and feel some genuine emotions for – and it’s quite hard, the pentatonic scale, and that, in a way, is why I think it works. Because I’m forced to limit myself to quite strict rules about what I did. Maybe that’s how I avoided pastiche.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.

Its a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies.

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China’s international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak.

I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.

Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.

There’s nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It’s so different, so special to Japan.