--- title: "1 Bewildering Quotes By Lin Yutang" description: "1 Bewildering quotes by Lin Yutang. Plus more from Lin Yutang and more Bewildering sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/lin-yutang-2491_amount_the-most-bewildering-thing-about-man-is_1584598.png" --- > [The most bewildering thing about man is his idea of work and the amount of work he imposes upon himself, or civilization has imposed upon him. All nature loafs, while man alone works for a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/the-most-bewildering-thing-about-man-is-his-idea-of-work-and-the/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/lin-yutang-2491_amount_the-most-bewildering-thing-about-man-is_1584598.png) ## More by Lin Yutang > [There are no books in this world that everybody must read, but only books that a person must read at a certain time in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/there-are-no-books-in-this-world-that-everybody-must-read-but-only/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/and-if-the-reader-has-no-taste-for-what-he-reads-all-the-time-is/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [“Much as I like reasonable persons, I hate completely rational beings. For that reason, I am always scared and ill at ease when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/much-as-i-like-reasonable-persons-i-hate-completely-rational-beings/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/an-educated-man-is-one-who-has-the-loves-and-hatreds-together/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/the-best-that-we-can-hope-for-in-this-life-is-that-we-shall-not-have/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/by-association-with-nature-s-enormities-a-man-s-heart-may-truly-grow/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [Art is both creation and recreation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/art-is-both-creation-and-recreation/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/now-it-is-characteristic-of-play-that-one-plays-without-reason-and/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [The wise man reads both books and life itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/the-wise-man-reads-both-books-and-life-itself/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/i-like-spring-but-it-is-too-young-i-like-summer-but-it-is-too-proud/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/hope-is-like-a-road-in-the-country-there-was-never-a-road-but-when/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [Is it not tragic, for example, that while in the last World War almost everyone believed it was the war to end all wars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/is-it-not-tragic-for-example-that-while-in-the-last-world-war-almost/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/all-i-know-is-that-if-god-loves-me-only-half-as-much-as-my-mother/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear, whether of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/let-him-cry-whoever-feels-like-crying-for-we-were-animals-before-we/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) > [There is a great probability that our loss of capacity for enjoying the positive joys of life is largely due to the decreased sensibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/there-is-a-great-probability-that-our-loss-of-capacity-for-enjoying/) [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bewildering/lin-yutang/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bewildering Quotes By Lin Yutang", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most bewildering thing about man is his idea of work and the amount of work he imposes upon himself, or civilization has imposed upon him. 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