"This I conceive to be the chemical function……" — Lin Yutang

"This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought."

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83 Quotes by Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang has 83 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.
The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little…
However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated…
Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his…
No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful…
Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to…
It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.
Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India
I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of…
Art is both creation and recreation.
Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus…
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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More Change Quotes

This quote is filed under Change Quotes, one of 18,261 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from… — Billie Joe Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in… — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our… — David Attenborough
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also… — David Attenborough
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. — Dean Acheson
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius

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