"Let us face ourselves bravely as we are.……" — Lin Yutang
"Let us face ourselves bravely as we are. For only a philosophy that recognizes reality can lead us into true happiness, and only that kind of philosophy is sound and healthy."
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83 Quotes by Lin Yutang
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I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.
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The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little…
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However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated…
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Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his…
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No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful…
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Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to…
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It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.
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Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India
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I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of…
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Art is both creation and recreation.
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Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus…
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Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old…
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