Lin Yutang Zitate und Sprüche
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On the Wisdom of America (1950), p. xiv
“A man may own a thousand acres of land, and yet he still sleeps upon a bed of five feet.”
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), p. 38 (Chinese saying)
In Vogue, as quoted by The Reader's Digest, Vols. 30–31 (1937), p. 69
"The Function of Criticism at the Present Time", in The China Critic, Vol. III, no. 4 (23 January 1930), p. 81
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 8
Between Tears And Laughter (1943), p. 71. Variant: "When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.", as quoted in The World's Funniest Laws (2005) by James Alexander, ISBN 1905102100, p. 6.
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. IV : On Having A Stomach, p. 46
“If life is all subjective, why not be subjectively happy rather than subjectively sad?”
On the Wisdom of America (1950), p. 155
Quelle: My Country and My People (1935), p. 106
“Human life can be lived like a poem.”
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), p. 32
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 4
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 3
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 5
Quelle: My Country and My People (1935), p. 43
“He who perceives death perceives a sense of the human comedy, and quickly becomes a poet.”
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), pp. 39–40
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, pp. 4–5
" Of Freedom of Speech http://books.google.com/books?id=OM4eT2epYzwC&q="Society+can+exist+only+on+the+basis+that+there+is+some+amount+of+polished+lying+and+that+no+one+says+exactly+what+he+thinks"&pg=PA95#v=onepage", lecture given in China (4 March 1933)
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 12
Kontext: I am doing my best to glorify the scamp or vagabond. I hope I shall succeed. For things are not so simple as they sometimes seem. In this present age of threats to democracy and individual liberty, probably only the scamp and the spirit of the scamp alone will save us from being lost in serially numbered units in the masses of disciplined, obedient, regimented and uniformed coolies. The scamp will be the last and most formidable enemy of dictatorships. He will be the champion of human dignity and individual freedom, and will be the last to be conquered. All modern civilization depends entirely upon him.
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 13
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 13
