58 Quotes by Lu Xun

To protect myself from the rear, I have to stand slantwise.

You have to reform yourself before reforming society and the world.

The ability to forget the past enables people to free themselves gradually from the pain they once suffered; but it also often makes them repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.

The most important thing... was to change their spirit; and since at that time I felt that literature was the best means to this end, I decided to promote literary movement.

Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there is nothing - but as people walk this way again and again, a path appears.

I entreat fresh visions from the painters. Be lavish with your vermilion to portray the mountains in the spring.

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

I have a dream that I will fulfill. And nothing else will distract me from my path.

Since someone ate crabs, others must have eaten spiders as well. However, they were not tasty. So afterwards, people stopped eating them. These people also deserve our heartfelt gratitude.