"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
Topic(s):
Positive
More From Lin Yutang
- "Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice."
- "No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow."
- "Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks."
More In Positive
- "Something I’ve noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It’s all positive thinking."― Abbie Cornish
- "There is slow growth, but it is positive slow growth. At the same time, ratios of debt-to-incomes go down. That’s a beautiful deleveraging."― Ray Dalio
- "Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, When you fall, you fly."― Neil Gaiman