"The question that faces every man born into……" — Lin Yutang
"The question that faces every man born into this world is not what should be his purpose, which he should set about to achieve, but just what to do with life? The answer, that he should order his life so that he can find the greatest happiness in it, is more a practical question, similar to that of how a man should spend his weekend, then a metaphysical proposition as to what is the mystic purpose of his life in the scheme of the universe."
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Lin Yutang
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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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Art is both creation and recreation.
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