Lin Yutang Quotes
Most popular Lin Yutang Quotes
![The wise man reads both books and life itself. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/20/5820A-the-wise-man-reads-both-books-life-itself-lin-yutang.png)
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
![The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/38/11338A-the-wisdom-of-life-consists-in-elimination-nonessentials-lin-yutang.png)
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.
![The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/76/31276A-the-chinese-do-not-draw-any-distinction-between-food-medicine-lin-yutang.png)
The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine.
![Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/93/28693A-our-lives-are-not-in-the-lap-gods-but-lap-lin-yutang.png)
Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.
![A letter is a soliloquy, but a letter with a postscript is a conversation. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/98/14298A-a-letter-is-a-soliloquy-but-letter-with-postscript-is-lin-yutang.png)
A letter is a soliloquy, but a letter with a postscript is a conversation.
![If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/59/14659A-if-you-can-spend-a-perfectly-useless-afternoon-perfectly-useless-lin-yutang.png)
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.
![A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going. A perfect traveler does not know where he came from. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/34/14234A-a-good-traveler-is-one-who-does-not-know-where-lin-yutang.png)
A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going. A perfect traveler does not know where he came from.
![No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/42/53542A-no-one-realizes-how-beautiful-it-is-travel-until-he-lin-yutang.png)
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
![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 quote.](/img/q/22/14622A-a-man-who-has-to-be-punctually-at-certain-place-lin-yutang.png)
A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.
![Great wisdom consists in not demanding too much of human nature, and yet not altogether spoiling it by indulgence. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/67/4467A-great-wisdom-consists-in-not-demanding-too-much-human-nature-lin-yutang.png)
Great wisdom consists in not demanding too much of human nature, and yet not altogether spoiling it by indulgence.
![Such religion as there can be in modern life, every individual will have to salvage from the churches for himself. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/00/19000A-such-religion-as-there-can-be-modern-life-every-individual-lin-yutang.png)
Such religion as there can be in modern life, every individual will have to salvage from the churches for himself.
![The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/57/7057A-the-secret-of-contentment-is-knowing-how-enjoy-what-you-lin-yutang.png)
The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.
![Hope is like a road in the country; there never was a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/40/32940A-hope-is-like-a-road-in-country-there-never-was-lin-yutang.png)
Hope is like a road in the country; there never was a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
![It is generally as painful to us to discard old beliefs as for the scientists to discard the old laws of physics and accept new theories. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/77/10677A-it-is-generally-as-painful-to-us-discard-old-beliefs-lin-yutang.png)
It is generally as painful to us to discard old beliefs as for the scientists to discard the old laws of physics and accept new theories.
![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 quote.](/img/q/52/14652A-besides-the-noble-art-of-getting-things-done-there-is-lin-yutang.png)
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.
![All women's dresses, in every age and country, are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the un-admitted desire to undress. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/67/23067A-all-womens-dresses-in-every-age-country-are-merely-variations-lin-yutang.png)
All women's dresses, in every age and country, are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the un-admitted desire to undress.
![Mencius enumerated the three "mature virtues" of bs "great man" as "wisdom, compassion and courage." I should like tolop off one syllable and regard as the qualities of a great soul passion, wisdom and courage. - Lin Yutang quote.](/img/q/82/21182A-mencius-enumerated-the-three-mature-virtues-bs-great-man-as-lin-yutang.png)
Mencius enumerated the three "mature virtues" of bs "great man" as "wisdom, compassion and courage." I should like tolop off one syllable and regard as the qualities of a great soul passion, wisdom and courage.