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> [“The outstanding characteristic of Western scholarship is its specialization and cutting up of knowledge into different departments. The over-development of logical thinking and specialization, with its technical phraseology, has brought about the curious fact of modern civilization, that philosophy has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/the-outstanding-characteristic-of-western-scholarship-is-its/)

[Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/)

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> [“There is a certain proper and luxurious way of lying in bed. Confucius, that great artist of life, "never lay straight" in bed, "like a corpse", but always curled up on one side. I believe one of the greatest pleasures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/there-is-a-certain-proper-and-luxurious-way-of-lying-in-bed-confucius/)

[Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/)

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## 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/)

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