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
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- 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.
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