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Everything that we think God h...

Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine to be in God's mind, and it is really difficult for human intelligence to guess at a divine intelligence. What we usually end up with by this sort of reasoning is to make God the color-sergeant of our army and to make Him as chauvinistic as ourselves.

Lin Yutang 155 quotes

Of all the unhappy people in t...

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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The busy man is never wise and...

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

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Let him cry whoever feels like...

Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear, whether of forgiveness or of pity or of sheer delight at beauty, will do him a lot of good.

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The only test of a soul's salv...

The only test of a soul's salvation is its inward happiness.

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There is something in the natu...

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

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There is so much to love and t...

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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A solemn funeral is inconceiva...

A solemn funeral is inconceivable to the Chinese mind.

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All men and women have passion...

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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Not until we see the richness ...

Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India

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If there is anything we are se...

If there is anything we are serious about, it is neither religion nor learning, but food.

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We (the Chinese) eat food for ...

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.

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What is patriotism but the lov...

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

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I am willing to allow that smo...

I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He is not to be trusted. He is apt to be always sober and he cannot make a single mistake. His habits are likely to be regular, his existence more mechanical and his head always maintains its supremacy over his heart. Much as I like reasonable persons, I hate completely rational beings.

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It is that unoccupied space wh...

It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable.

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The purpose of a short story i...

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.

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Art is both creation and recre...

Art is both creation and recreation.

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The more we justify our belief...

The more we justify our beliefs, the more narrow-minded we become.

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The dog which remembers only t...

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.

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Only friendship which can stan...

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

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