Creative Quotations from . . .
Lin Yu-t'ang
(1895-1976) born on Oct 10
Chinese writer. He was a prolific writer in Chinese and English; he founded several Chinese magazines specializing in social satire and Western journalism, 1930s.
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F
The wise man reads both books and life itself.

R
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.
A
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 nonessentials.
N
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.
K
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.
 

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
R: In "Pearls of Wisdom," ed. J. Agel and W. Glanze, 1987.
A: In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
N: In "The World's Best Thoughts on Success & Failure," compiled by Eugene Raudsepp, 1981.
K: In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991.
 

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