Soul Mountain
Gao Xingjian
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.”
“I believe in science but I also believe in fate.”
“Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature.”
“Reality exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience. However, once related, even personal experience becomes a narrative.”
“Men always look differently at women, even if it's not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such.”
“Soul Mountain, the story of one man’s quest for inner peace and freedom.”
“When a man gets to middle age shouldn’t he look for a peaceful and stable existence, find a not-too-demanding sort of a job, stay in a mediocre position, become a husband and a father, set up a comfortable home, put money in the bank and add to it every month so there’ll be something for old age and a little left over for the next generation?”
“Sitting at rest know not to discuss the shortcomings of other people Setting out on a journey fully appreciate the beauty of the dragon river”
“You’ve lived in the city for a long time and need to feel that you have a hometown.”
“Reading this chapter is optional but as you've read it you've read it.”
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