Lin Yutang Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Lin Yutang quotes, Lin Yutang sayings, and Lin Yutang proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life. 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
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. Lin Yutang
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. Lin Yutang
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. Lin Yutang
Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. Lin Yutang
The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. Lin Yutang
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. Lin Yutang
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. Lin Yutang
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. 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
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. Lin Yutang
The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy. Lin Yutang
Instead of holding on to the Biblical view that we are made in the image of God, we come to realize that we are made in the image of the monkey. Lin Yutang
The more we justify our beliefs, the more narrow-minded we become. Lin Yutang
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. 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
A vague uncritical idealism always lends itself to ridicule and too much of it might be a danger to mankind, leading it round in a futile wild-goose chase for imaginary ideals. Lin Yutang
Since the invention of the flush toilet and the vacuum carpet cleaner, the modern man seems to judge a man's moral standards by his cleanliness, and thinks a dog the more highly civilized for having a weekly bath and a winter wrapper round his belly. Lin Yutang
China is the greatest mystifying and stupefying fact in the modern world. Lin Yutang
China is the greatest mystifying and stupefying fact in the modern world. Lin Yutang
A vague uncritical idealism always lends itself to ridicule and too much of it might be a danger to mankind, leading it round in a futile wild-goose chase for imaginary ideals. Lin Yutang
It is not dirt but the fear of dirt which is the sign of man's degeneration, and it is dangerous to judge a man's physical and moral sanity by outside standards. Lin Yutang
By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also. Lin Yutang
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. Lin Yutang
It is not dirt but the fear of dirt which is the sign of man's degeneration, and it is dangerous to judge a man's physical and moral sanity by outside standards. Lin Yutang
Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body. Lin Yutang
A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in. Lin Yutang
Nothing matters to a man who says nothing matters. Lin Yutang
Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination. Lin Yutang