Lin Yutang Quotes and Quotations
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. A solemn funeral is inconceivable to the Chinese mind. Society can only exist on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks. All women's dresses are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress. Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can. Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials. 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. This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. 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. Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.
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