All human beings are like travelers floating down the eternal river of time, embarking at a certain point and disembarking again at another point in order to make room for others waiting below the river to come aboard.
Lin YutangOnly he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.
Lin YutangIf one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.
Lin YutangThere are no books in this world that everybody must read, but only books that a person must read at a certain time in a given place under given circumstances and at a given period of his life.
Lin Yutang