"The purpose of a short story is ...……" — Lin Yutang
"The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened."
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Lin Yutang
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83 Quotes by Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang has 83 quotes on this site.
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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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We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by…
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May all beings everywhere with whom we are inseparably connected, be fulfilled, awakened, liberated and free. May there be peace…
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The soul is awakened through service.
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This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded…
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