quotes

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.

The wise man reads both books and life itself

 

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

 

Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do

 

The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach

 

We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad. 

 

Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.

 

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

 

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, than a metaphysical proposition as to what is the mystic purpose of his life in the scheme of the universe.

 

           ———Lin Yutang