Lin Yutang
Chinese · 1895–1976
Chinese writer, translator, and philosopher who introduced Chinese culture to the West and championed a humorous, humanistic worldview.
Wikipedia ↗“希望本是无所谓有，无所谓无的。这正如地上的路；其实地上本没有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。”
Chinese
“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.”
原出鲁迅《故乡》（1921），林语堂转述 ↗ (1921)
Originally by Lu Xun ("My Old Home", 1921); paraphrased 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.”
English
The Importance of Living ↗ (1937)
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.”
English
The Importance of Living ↗ (1937)