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Why should man bother himself...

Why should man bother himself so much about salvation, unless he has a feeling of being doomed?

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

I distrust all dead and mecha...

I distrust all dead and mechanical formulas for expressing anything connected with human affairs and human personalities. Putting human affairs in exact formulas shows in itself a lack of the sense of humor and therefore a lack of wisdom.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

No child is born with a reall...

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 155 quotes

The greater success a man has...

The greater success a man has made, the more he fears a climb down.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

There are no books in this wo...

There are no books in this world that everybody must read, but only books that a person must read at a certain time in a given place under given circumstances and at a given period of his life.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

China is the greatest mystify...

China is the greatest mystifying and stupefying fact in the modern world.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

I rather despise claims to ob...

I rather despise claims to objectivity in philosophy; the point of view is the thing.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

Everything has its place and ...

Everything has its place and time. We men of the nineteen-forties can smile at the mistakes of the nineteen-thirties, and, in turn, the men of the nineteen-fifties will laugh at the mistakes of the nineteen-forties. It is this historical perspective that shall save us.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

All human beings are like tra...

All human beings are like travelers floating down the eternal river of time, embarking at a certain point and disembarking again at another point in order to make room for others waiting below the river to come aboard.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

However vague they are, dream...

However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated into reality, like seeds germinating underground, sure to sprout in their search for the sunlight.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

The only part of Christian te...

The only part of Christian teachings which will be truly accepted by the Chinese people is Christ's injunction to be "harmless as doves" but "wise as serpents.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

The humour of the Chinese peo...

The humour of the Chinese people in inventing gunpowder and finding its best use in making firecrackers for their grandfathers' birthdays is merely symbolical of their inventiveness along merely pacific lines.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

The purpose of a short story ...

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

We all have obligations and du...

We all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious enough that in modern neurotic society, men's energies are consumed in making a living and rarely in living itself. It takes a lot of courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

An educated man is one who has...

An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

Of the many rights of ladies, ...

Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

I have a hankering to go back ...

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

Happiness for me is largely a ...

Happiness for me is largely a matter of digestion.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

A tendency to fly too straight...

A tendency to fly too straight at a goal, instead of circling around it, often carries one too far.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

Those who are wise won't be bu...

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

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

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