A Quote by Lin Yutang

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Lin Yutang

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Lin Yutang
Chinese - Novelist
October 10, 1895 - March 26, 1976

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

The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not essential.

Adolf Hitler

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

John Calvin

When we get hung up on the non-essentials, the essentials have no opportunity to make a significant appearance.

Dwight Edwards

In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity and love.

Greg Laurie

The elimination of the will altogether and the switching off of the emotions all and sundry, is tantamount to the elimination of reason: intellectual castration.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Economists are always recommending the elimination of this or that market imperfection ... no astrophysicist recommends the elimination of planets that he does not like.

Lester Thurow

If you are missing out on the natural joy and wisdom of life, it is because you have been taught to ignore it....Reconnecting with nature consists of bringing into your consciousness a sensory way of thinking and relating with which you are born

Michael J Cohen

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Norman Cousins

I think that we're guided by the motto in "essentials unity, non essentials liberty and in all things charity." So if pastors compromise essential Christian doctrine, I think that there is a biblical warrant for naming them.

Hank Hanegraaff

All the wisdom of the world consists of shouting with the majority.

Thomas Reed

Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.

Herbert Hoover

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Heraclitus

You get some confidence in your songwriting abilities and go for the essentials - guitar, bass, drums, vocals. Those are the basic band essentials that have to be in place before you go any further.

Mike McCready

The end of knowledge is wisdom The end of culture is perfection The end of wisdom is freedom The end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one's selfish greed.

Sai Baba

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

Aristotle

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