Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Lin Yutang
More from: Lin Yutang
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. -
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. -
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance. -
Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. -
There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic.
More quotes by Lin Yutang
- Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
- No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
- Hope is like a road in the country there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
- This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
- 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.