Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. - Lin Yutang
When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. - Lin Yutang
The wise man reads both books and life itself. - Lin Yutang
If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed,counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in this life truly willgive him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one. - Lin Yutang
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live - Lin Yutang
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. - Lin Yutang
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials. - Lin Yutang
What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? - Lin Yutang
Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick. - Lin Yutang
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. - Lin Yutang