Quotes about Laughter
Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.
— Henri Nouwen
The cause of laughter in every case is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real objects which have been thought through it in some relation, and laughter itself is just the expression of this incongruity.... All laughter then is occasioned by a paradox.... This, briefly stated, is the true explanation of the ludicrous.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.
— Charles Dickens
Every visionary was laughed at before they were revered. Every genius was attacked before they were beloved. Every leader was misunderstood before they were celebrated.
— Robin Sharma
May God grant us the grace to laugh at ourselves.
— Ray Blackston
It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that, while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.
— Charles Dickens
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
On the emotional and mental levels, laughter not only diffuses negative thoughts and emotions, it also produces positive emotions like hope and elation and allows us to create new, more optimistic perspectives on our circumstances.
— Kris Vallotton
I hope that I will never forget the salvific power of joyful laughter.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
— Erica Jong
Humor is man's greatest blessing.
— Mark Twain
It is one of the biggest blessing that you can be stupid with your true friends and behave like you shame to do elsewhere
— Ralph Waldo Emerson