"Those who are wise won't be busy, and……" — Lin Yutang
"Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise."
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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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More Busy Quotes
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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without…
— Francis Bacon
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
— Abu Bakr
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One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and…
— Lucille Ball
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If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you…
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The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.
— Jeremy Bentham
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I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their…
— Bernard Berenson
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I've been to almost every country in the world, and the most frustrating thing for me has been that my…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've…
— Ray Bradbury
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When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.
— Tom Brady
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I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well.
— Jeff Bridges
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