He wrote that there were three critical qualities that could lead to utopia: the simplification of thought, the relaxation of philosophy, and the experience of wonder. To Lin, all three of these things originated in humor.
他說，思想的簡樸性、哲學的輕逸性、微妙的常識 3 項，是人類所希冀的美好世界藉以創立的關鍵，而這 3 項關鍵皆緣於「幽默」。