#laughter

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If cavemen had known how to laugh, history would have been different. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#humor #laughter #humor

On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#laughter #religion #satan #the-devil #business

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it. ↗

— Eben Alexander III

#inspirational #irony #laughter #religion #world

The only people for me are the ones who spill things, the ones who drop their cups sometimes, the ones who get dirty hands and messy hair, the ones who can go barefoot if they feel like it, the people who forget things, and can laugh at themselves every day... ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#going-barefoot #happiness #inspirational-living #inspirational-people #inspirational-quotes

Laughter has proven to be useful in other ways, too. It can make an awkward silence a lot less awkward, like when you’re in a terrible marriage or an elevator. ↗

— Colin Nissan

#marriage

A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#faith #freedom #laughter #mysticism #religion

If there is no laughter, Jesus has gone somewhere else. If there is no joy and freedom, it is not a church: it is simply a crowd of melancholy people basking in a religious neurosis. If there is no celebration, there is no real worship. ↗

— Steve Brown

#joy #laughter #religion #worship #freedom

It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life. ↗

— Ellyn Bache

#illness #laughter #life #art

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold. ↗

— John Betjeman

#cold #give #give me #harvest #hold

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. ↗

— James Boswell

#laughter #love #nothing #wear #winning