“There are no books in this world that everybody must read, but only books that a person must read at a certain time in a given place under given circumstances and at a given period of his life.” ― Lin Yutang
“If one’s bowels move, one is happy, and if they don’t move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.” ― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
“Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.” ― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
“The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned…
“The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world, in respect to time and space. His life falls into a set routine; he is limited to contact and conversation with a few friends and acquaintances, and he sees only what happens in his immediate neighbourhood. From this prison there…