Han Suyin Quotes

A collection of quotes by Han Suyin.

Han Suyin was a prominent Chinese-born Eurasian writer and physician best known for her autobiography "A Many-Splendoured Thing" published in 1952. Born in 1917, she grew up in Beijing and pursued a medical career in London. Han Suyin played an essential role in bridging cultural gaps between East and West through her writings, which often explored themes of identity, love, and social change. Her works offered unique insights into the complexities of Chinese history and society. Han Suyin continued to write extensively until her death in 2012, leaving behind a rich literary legacy.

Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is t

Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave the way they did. I have no illusions on this score, nor do I believe that any Asian nation or African nation, in the same state of dominance, and with the same system of colonial profit-amassing and plunder, would have behaved otherwise.

Han Suyin

Empire

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Han Suyin

Inspirational