Lin Yutang Quotes


All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell.


Citations

Lin Yutang. The Importance of Living. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937, p. 405.

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Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang
  • Born: October 10, 1895
  • Died: March 26, 1976
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Profession: Inventor, Linguist, Novelist, Philosopher, Translator

Lin Yutang was a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West.