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„Múdrosť života spočíva v odstraňovaní nepodstatností.“

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Zdroj: [EXLEY, Helen.: Cesty múdrosti. Bratislava: Slovart, 2006 ISBN 80-8085-143-3]

„Urobil som, čo bolo v mojich silách: to je asi tak všetka filozofia, ktorú človek vo svojom živote potrebuje.“

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“Life after all is made up of eating and sleeping, of meeting and saying good-by to friends, of reunions and farewell parties, of tears and laughter, of having a haircut once in two weeks, of watering a potted flower and watching one’s neighbor fall off his roof.”

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Lin Yutang kniha The Importance of Living

Zdroj: The Importance of Living (1937), p. 202

“One can learn such a lot and enjoy such a lot in seventy years, and three generations is a long, long time to see human follies and acquire human wisdom. Anyone who is wise and has lived long enough to witness the changes of fashion and morals and politics through the rise and fall of three generations should be perfectly satisfied to rise from his seat and go away saying, "It was a good show," when the curtain falls.”

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Zdroj: The Importance of Living (1937), p. 23-24

“Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it. ”

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“True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst.”

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Zdroj: The Importance of Living (1937), p. 158

“What is patriotism but love of the good things we ate in our childhood? I have said elsewhere that the loyalty to Uncle Sam is the loyalty to doughnuts and ham and sweet potatoes and the loyalty to the German Vaterland is the loyalty to Pfannkuchen and Christmas Stollen.”

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As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini... in food, as in death, we feel the essential brotherhood of mankind.
Zdroj: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. IV : On Having A Stomach, p. 46

“My faith in human dignity consists in the belief that man is the greatest scamp on earth. Human dignity must be associated with the idea of a scamp and not with that of an obedient, disciplined and regimented soldier.”

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Zdroj: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 12

“I have done my best: that is about all the philosophy of living one needs.”

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