Lin Yutang Quotes

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

  Lin Yutang

  Business, Mean, Men

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

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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.

  Lin Yutang

  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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• 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

  This Life, Existence, Admire

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

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

  Lin Yutang

  Wise, Busy, Being Wise

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

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• I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tone mellower, its colours richer, and it is tinged a little with sorrow and a premonition of death. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor of the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and is content.

  Lin Yutang

  Summer, Spring, Autumn

  "My Country and My People" by Lin Yutang, (p. 328), 1935.

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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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• 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.

  Lin Yutang

  Husband, Father, Moving

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• It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.

  Lin Yutang

  Love, Dream, Men

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

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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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• Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.

  Lin Yutang

  Inner Peace, Mind, Accepted

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

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• Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.

  Lin Yutang

  Simplicity, Depth, Signs And Symbols

  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.

  Lin Yutang

  Inspirational, Motivational, Veterans Day

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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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• 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

  Men, Afternoon, Clock

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

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• Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

  Lin Yutang

  Inspirational, Volleyball, Wisdom

  25 Copy quote

• Neckties strangle clear thinking.

  Lin Yutang

  Thinking, Neckties, Management

  45 Copy quote

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

  Lin Yutang

  Reading, Men, World

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

  Lin Yutang

  Wise, Men, Busy

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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.

  Lin Yutang

  Work, People, Unhappy

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• I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.

  Lin Yutang

  Appreciation, Attitude, Philosophy

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• Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams - Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom

  Lin Yutang

  Dream, Heart, Animal

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

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

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  Belief, Justify, Narrow-minded

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

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• The wise man reads both books and life itself.

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  Wise, Book, Reading

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

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

  Lin Yutang

  Friendship, Plain Speaking, Occasional

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

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• The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

  Lin Yutang

  Achievement, Unhappy, Desire

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

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