I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking. – Lin Yutang
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. – Lin Yutang
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
Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks. – Lin Yutang