Lin Yutang
Chinese · 1895–1976
Chinese writer, translator, and philosopher who introduced Chinese culture to the West and championed a humorous, humanistic worldview.
Wikipedia ↗“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)