laughter on Humor

Humor is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Scott Weems, author of Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why, explains that humor stems from our brains being confused about how to respond, which is why we often laugh at inappropriate times. “Wha...

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.

Because humor brings us back to earth, it helps us to use well what is left to us even when we are keenly aware of what we have lost or been denied. Only those who know how to weep can also laugh hear...

As we wait, it is critical that we keep our sense of humor in the fullest meaning of that word. When laughter goes, so does hope. When God reaffirms his promise to Abraham and Sarah, he restores not o...

The years continue to pass and Sarah still does not conceive, but one day God speaks to Abraham and reassures him that, despite her great age, she will bear a son. And, sure enough, it happens. I once...

Laughter should dimple the cheek, not furrow the brow. A jest should be such that all shall be able to join in the laugh which it occasions; but if it bears hard upon one of the company, like the crac...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitter for the moment. Cheerfulness keeps up daylight in the mind, filling it with steady and perpetual serenity.

A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing.

The secret of life lies in laughter and humility.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for onl...

We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh.

Solitude is rich but seldom hilarious.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.

If Laughter cannot solve your problems, it will definitely DISSOLVE your problems; so that you can think clearly what to do about them.

Laughter and tears are the warp and woof of life. If you leave them out of preaching, you are leaving out life itself.

You have as much laughter as you have faith.

Laughter means nothing unless there have been tears.

The mouth filled with real laughter…is an image representing the end of days, the overcoming of separateness and closure. In this world, it remains a mere possibility that constantly destroys itself.

You cannot study pleasure in the moment of the nuptial embrace, nor repentance while repenting, nor analyze the nature of humour while roaring with laughter.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.

[On living in a concentration camp] I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable.

Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.