Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang
Lin Yutangwas a Chinese writer, translator, linguist and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 October 1895
CountryChina
beautiful travel adventure
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
business mean men
When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.
thinking neckties management
Neckties strangle clear thinking.
wise busy too-busy
Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
work people unhappy
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.
appreciation philosophy done
I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.
philosophy loss medicine
There is a great probability that our loss of capacity for enjoying the positive joys of life is largely due to the decreased sensibility of our senses and our lack of full use of them. All human happiness is sensuous happiness.
love taken soul
Love is an immortal wound that cannot be closed up. A person loses something, a part of her soul, when she loves someone. And she goes about looking for that lost part of her soul, for she knows that otherwise she is incomplete and cannot be at rest. It is only when she is with the person she loves that she becomes complete again in herself; but the moment he leaves, she loses that part which he has taken with him and knows no rest till she has found him once more.
inspirational encouraging faith
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.
motivational art time
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.
positive joy psychology
Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.