… No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”– James Clear, Atomic Habits
“I regard the discovery of one’s favorite author as the most critical event in one’s intellectual development.” ― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
“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…
“Those who are wise won’t be busy, and those who are too busy can’t be wise.” ― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” ― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
“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 Importance of Living
“To know the order of precedence is to have the beginning of wisdom.” – Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
“The ancient people who desired to have a clear moral harmony in the world would first order their national life; those who desired to order their national life would first regulate their home life; those who desired to regulate their home life would first cultivate their personal lives; those who desired to cultivate their personal…