Lin Yutang Quotes

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  Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

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  Motivational, Time, Art

  "Pearls of Wisdom: A Harvest of Quotations From All Ages" by Jerome Agel and Walter D. Glanze, (p. 46), 1987.

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• Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

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  Wise, Busy, Being Wise

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

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  Business, Mean, Men

  "Hard-to-Solve Cryptograms" by Derrick Niederman, (p. 96), 2001.

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• 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.

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  This Life, Existence, Admire

  Yutang Lin (1962). “The pleasures of a nonconformist”

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• Once Confucius was walking on the mountains and he came across a woman weeping by a grave. He asked the woman what here sorrow was, and she replied, We are a family of hunters. My father was eaten by a tiger. My husband was bitten by a tiger and died. And now my only son! Why don't you move down and live in the valley? Why do you continue to live up here? asked Confucius. And the woman replied, But sir, there are no tax collectors here! Confucius added to his disciples, You see, a bad government is more to be feared than tigers.

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  Husband, Father, Moving

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• The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world.

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  Reading, Men, World

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• We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad.

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  People, Society, Impossible

  Yutang Lin (1936). “My country and my people”

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• All men and women have passions, natural desires and noble ambitions, and also a conscience; they have sex, hunger, fear, anger, and are subject to sickness, pain, suffering and death. Culture consists of bringing about the expression of these passions and desires in harmony.

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  Sex, Pain, Passion

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• So much of unhappiness, it seems to me, is due to nerves; and bad nerves are the result of having nothing to do, or doing a thing badly, unsuccessfully or incompetently. Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do. True happiness comes to those who do their work well, followed by a refreshing period of rest. True happiness comes from the right amount of work for the day.

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  Work, People, Unhappy

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• The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

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  Letting Go, Wisdom, Simple

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Encouraging, Faith

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• The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine.

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  Medicine, Chinese, Distinction

  The Importance of Living ch. 9 (1938)

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• On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.

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  Inspirational, Life, Learning

  "The Importance of Living" by Lin Yutang, (p. 153), 1937.

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• Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.

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  Inspirational, Positive, Joy

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it.

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  Life, Serious Business, Too Short

  Yutang Lin (1936). “The Little critic: essays, satires and sketches on China (first series: 1930-1932)”

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• The fonder you are of your ideals, the greater your heartbreaks.

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  Ideals, Greater

  Lin Yutang, (2013). “Between Tears and Laughter”, p.10, Read Books Ltd

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• There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere

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  Reading, Mood, Proper Time

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• There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

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  Tea, World, Quiet

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

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  Beautiful, Travel, Home

  Lin Yutang (1940). “With Love and Irony”

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• There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

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  Inspirational, Beautiful, Wise

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Veterans Day

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• Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.

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  People, Unhappy, World

  Yutang Lin (1950). “On the Wisdom of America”

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• Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

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  Art, Book, Reading

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to simplicity of thinking and living.

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  Thinking, Civilization, Simplicity

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• Only friendship which can stand occasional plain speaking is worth having.

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  Friendship, Plain Speaking, Occasional

  Lin Yutang, (2013). “Between Tears and Laughter”, p.6, Read Books Ltd

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