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Lin Yutang quotes: If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live
Lin Yutang quotes: A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already. A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.
Lin Yutang quotes: Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother
Lin Yutang quotes: He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer. He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer.
Lin Yutang quotes: A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in. A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.
Lin Yutang quotes: There is more hope in a heather rose than in all the tons of Teutonic philosophy. There is more hope in a heather rose than in all the tons of Teutonic philosophy.
Lin Yutang quotes: Make No Distinctions Make No Distinctions
Lin Yutang quotes: It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action. It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.
Lin Yutang quotes: It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams. It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.
Lin Yutang quotes: The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine. The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine.
Lin Yutang quotes: Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason. Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason.
Lin Yutang quotes: The only test of a soul's salvation is its inward happiness. The only test of a soul's salvation is its inward happiness.
Lin Yutang quotes: Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it. Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it.
Lin Yutang quotes: The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of the nonessentials. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of the nonessentials.
Lin Yutang quotes: Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.
Lin Yutang quotes: Once [China] had a destiny. Once she was a conqueror. Now her greatest destiny seems to be merely to exist, to survive. Once [China] had a destiny. Once she was a conqueror. Now her greatest destiny seems to be merely to exist, to survive.
Lin Yutang quotes: Nothing matters to a man who says nothing matters, Nothing matters to a man who says nothing matters,
Lin Yutang quotes: The wise man reads both books and life itself. The wise man reads both books and life itself.
Lin Yutang quotes: Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments. Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.
Lin Yutang quotes: Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture. Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.
Lin Yutang quotes: Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise. Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
Lin Yutang quotes: There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life. There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.
Lin Yutang quotes: What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?
Lin Yutang quotes: I rather despise claims to objectivity in philosophy; the point of view is the thing. I rather despise claims to objectivity in philosophy; the point of view is the thing.
Lin Yutang quotes: This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
Lin Yutang quotes: Of all the rights of woman, the greatest is to be a mother Of all the rights of woman, the greatest is to be a mother
Lin Yutang quotes: Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.
Lin Yutang quotes: It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable. It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable.
Lin Yutang quotes: There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it, and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it, and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
Lin Yutang quotes: The dog which remembers only to bark and not to bite, and is led through the streets as a lady's pet, is only a degenerate wolf. The dog which remembers only to bark and not to bite, and is led through the streets as a lady's pet, is only a degenerate wolf.
Lin Yutang quotes: We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color. We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color.
Lin Yutang quotes: Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it. Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.
Lin Yutang quotes: We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad. We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad.
Lin Yutang quotes: No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature. No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature.
Lin Yutang quotes: Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.
Lin Yutang quotes: All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell. All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell.
Lin Yutang quotes: As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini. As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini.
Lin Yutang quotes: The fonder you are of your ideals, the greater your heartbreaks. The fonder you are of your ideals, the greater your heartbreaks.
Lin Yutang quotes: The end of living is the true enjoyment of it. The end of living is the true enjoyment of it.
Lin Yutang quotes: Scholars who are worth anything at all never know what is call "a hard grind" or what "bitter study" means. Scholars who are worth anything at all never know what is call "a hard grind" or what "bitter study" means.
Lin Yutang quotes: In the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them. In the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them.
Lin Yutang quotes: The human mind is a curious thing. It can take just so much and no more. The human mind is a curious thing. It can take just so much and no more.
Lin Yutang quotes: A solemn funeral is inconceivable to the Chinese mind. A solemn funeral is inconceivable to the Chinese mind.
Lin Yutang quotes: Instead of holding on to the Biblical view that we are made in the image of God, we come to realize that we are made in the image of the Instead of holding on to the Biblical view that we are made in the image of God, we come to realize that we are made in the image of the monkey.
Lin Yutang quotes: Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought. Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.
Lin Yutang quotes: In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness. In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness.
Lin Yutang quotes: True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy. True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.
Lin Yutang quotes: There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man. There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.
Lin Yutang quotes: So long as man is man, variety will still be the flavor of life. So long as man is man, variety will still be the flavor of life.
Lin Yutang quotes: China is the greatest mystifying and stupefying fact in the modern world. China is the greatest mystifying and stupefying fact in the modern world.
Lin Yutang quotes: A good traveler is one who who does not know where he is going to , and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from. A good traveler is one who who does not know where he is going to , and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from.
Lin Yutang quotes: Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body. Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.
Lin Yutang quotes: Every man must find his own philosophy, his attitude towards life. Every man must find his own philosophy, his attitude towards life.
Lin Yutang quotes: Why should man bother himself so much about salvation, unless he has a feeling of being doomed? Why should man bother himself so much about salvation, unless he has a feeling of being doomed?
Lin Yutang quotes: There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere
Lin Yutang quotes: When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.
Lin Yutang quotes: When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads. When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.
Lin Yutang quotes: I regard the discovery of one's favorite author as the most critical event in one's intellectual development. I regard the discovery of one's favorite author as the most critical event in one's intellectual development.
Lin Yutang quotes: Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
Lin Yutang quotes: The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy. The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.
Lin Yutang quotes: Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India
Lin Yutang quotes: If there is anything we are serious about, it is neither religion nor learning, but food. If there is anything we are serious about, it is neither religion nor learning, but food.
Lin Yutang quotes: A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from. A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.
Lin Yutang quotes: Best behavior means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior. Best behavior means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior.
Lin Yutang quotes: Art is both creation and recreation. Art is both creation and recreation.
Lin Yutang quotes: A tendency to fly too straight at a goal, instead of circling around it, often carries one too far. A tendency to fly too straight at a goal, instead of circling around it, often carries one too far.
Lin Yutang quotes: The more we justify our beliefs, the more narrow-minded we become. The more we justify our beliefs, the more narrow-minded we become.
Lin Yutang quotes: Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside; he may only be disagreed with. Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside; he may only be disagreed with.
Lin Yutang quotes: The passion fades, the remorse is eternal. The passion fades, the remorse is eternal.
Lin Yutang quotes: I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking. I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.
Lin Yutang quotes: Happiness for me is largely a matter of digestion. Happiness for me is largely a matter of digestion.
Lin Yutang quotes: And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted
Lin Yutang quotes: Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother. Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother.
Lin Yutang quotes: Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others. Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.
Lin Yutang quotes: Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do. Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.
Lin Yutang quotes: The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to be ashamed. The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to be ashamed.
Lin Yutang quotes: By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also. By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also.
Lin Yutang quotes: Few men who have liberated themselves from the fear of God and the fear of death are yet able to liberate themselves from the fear of man. Few men who have liberated themselves from the fear of God and the fear of death are yet able to liberate themselves from the fear of man.
Lin Yutang quotes: I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs. I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.
Lin Yutang quotes: Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination. Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.
Lin Yutang quotes: No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
Lin Yutang quotes: The world I believe is far too serious, and being far too serious ... it has need of a wise and merry philosophy. The world I believe is far too serious, and being far too serious ... it has need of a wise and merry philosophy.
Lin Yutang quotes: Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men should be their prompters. Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men should be their prompters.
Lin Yutang quotes: If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it. If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.
Lin Yutang quotes: The age calls for simple statements and restatements of simple truths. The prophets of doom are involved, those who would bring light must be clear. The age calls for simple statements and restatements of simple truths. The prophets of doom are involved, those who would bring light must be clear.
Lin Yutang quotes: my formula for the Chinese national mind is: R4D1H3S3 There my formula for the Chinese national mind is: R4D1H3S3 There
Lin Yutang quotes: To glorify the past and paint the future is easy, to survey the present and emerge with some light and understanding is difficult. To glorify the past and paint the future is easy, to survey the present and emerge with some light and understanding is difficult.
Lin Yutang quotes: Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.
Lin Yutang quotes: Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom So Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom So
Lin Yutang quotes: The moment a student gives up his right of personal judgment, he is in for accepting all the humbugs of life The moment a student gives up his right of personal judgment, he is in for accepting all the humbugs of life
Lin Yutang quotes: There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence. There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.
Lin Yutang quotes: Creative work carries with it a form of intense love. Creative work carries with it a form of intense love.
Lin Yutang quotes: The greater success a man has made, the more he fears a climb down. The greater success a man has made, the more he fears a climb down.
Lin Yutang quotes: Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks. Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
Lin Yutang quotes: No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves. No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.
Lin Yutang quotes: An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together. An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.

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