The dog which remembers only to bark and not to bite, and is led through the streets as a lady's pet, is only a degenerate wolf. Lin Yutang More Quotes by Lin Yutang More Quotes From Lin Yutang Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear, whether of forgiveness or of pity or of sheer delight at beauty, will do him a lot of good. Lin Yutang delight tears animal Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams - Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom Lin Yutang dream heart animal In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness. Lin Yutang common-sense logic spirit Somewhere in [China's] soul lurks the cunning of an old dog, and it is a cunning that is strangely impressive. What a strange old soul! What a great old soul! Lin Yutang strange soul dog The humour of the Chinese people in inventing gunpowder and finding its best use in making firecrackers for their grandfathers' birthdays is merely symbolical of their inventiveness along merely pacific lines. Lin Yutang chinese grandfather people The only part of Christian teachings which will be truly accepted by the Chinese people is Christ's injunction to be "harmless as doves" but "wise as serpents. Lin Yutang teaching christian wise China is the greatest mystifying and stupefying fact in the modern world. Lin Yutang modern facts world Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside; he may only be disagreed with. Lin Yutang misunderstood may Winter in Peking is insurpassable, unless indeed it is surpassed by the other seasons in that blessed city. For Peking is a city clearly marked by the seasons, each perfect in its own way and each different from the others. Lin Yutang cities blessed winter Creative work carries with it a form of intense love. Lin Yutang intense form creative Everything has its place and time. We men of the nineteen-forties can smile at the mistakes of the nineteen-thirties, and, in turn, the men of the nineteen-fifties will laugh at the mistakes of the nineteen-forties. It is this historical perspective that shall save us. Lin Yutang mistake laughing men To me personally the only function of philosophy is to teach us to take life more lightly and gayly than the average businessman does, for no businessman who does not retire at fifty, if he can, is in my eyes a philosopher. Lin Yutang eye average philosophy I distrust all dead and mechanical formulas for expressing anything connected with human affairs and human personalities. Putting human affairs in exact formulas shows in itself a lack of the sense of humor and therefore a lack of wisdom. Lin Yutang sense-of-humor affair personality A vague uncritical idealism always lends itself to ridicule and too much of it might be a danger to mankind, leading it round in a futile wild-goose chase for imaginary ideals. Lin Yutang wild-geese too-much might We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color. Lin Yutang chinese color food The human mind is a curious thing. It can take just so much and no more. Lin Yutang curious humans mind The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to be ashamed. Lin Yutang life-is son needs He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer. Lin Yutang good-writers use writing As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini. Lin Yutang understanding done appreciation The fonder you are of your ideals, the greater your heartbreaks. Lin Yutang ideals greater
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