The wise man reads both books and life itself. – Lin Yutang
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
I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking. – Lin Yutang
What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? – Lin Yutang
The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practised at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness. – Holbrook Jackson