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The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang, 1937.
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True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think, it means a release of energy.
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It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.
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The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
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In the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them.
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It is not when he is working in his office but when he is lying idly on the sand that his soul utters, 'Life is beautiful.'
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