"Later the assistant chief surgeon told people that he had been a surgeon for eleven years, had seen not a few patients die and consequently had become quite cold and indifferent. He was interested only in diseases as such and had no feelings for his patients as people. But what Chiu Tsai-kang had said impressed him deeply. Even after he left the patient's room he thought it over for quite a long while. Here was a man awaiting death who had to clench his teeth to endure the searing pain of his whole body, but who constantly had the nation's steel production on his mind and who wholeheartedly desired to return to his furnace. In the past, he had read of people with such public spirit and unselfish character only in novels. He had regarded them as nothing but ideal, imaginary creations of literary writers. Now he has seen such a hero in the flesh with his own eyes."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ba_Jin
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Ba Jin
Li Yaotang 李尧棠 (or Li Feigan; Zi: 芾甘) (November 25 1904 – October 17 2005) was a Chinese writer and anarchist; he was most famous under his pen name of Ba Jin (巴金, also written Pa Chin). He created this pseudonym in 1929 from the first syllable of Bakunin and of the last syllable of Kropotkin, the famous Russian anarchists.
30 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Ba Jin →
Related Quotes
"In the past several years, my hard work, my books which I wrote through blood and tears, and the purpose of my life a…"
"The unreasonable social system, the marriage without freedom, the yoke of traditional ideas, and the family autocracy…"
"Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us l…"
"I felt a joy in my heart, which seemed filled with love, love for the sun, the snow, the wind and the hills, love for…"
"You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can't change it even if you kill me."
"I've lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me."
"I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace."
"Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a mach…"
"Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future."
"He had never disagreed with anyone in his life, no matter how unfairly they may have treated him. He preferred to swa…"