L Quotes
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“Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.”
“Laughter is the sound of joyful breathing.”
Source: The Simple Book of Infinity
“Laughter is the sound of the shattering of the ego.”
Source: Hide and Seek: The Psychology of Self-Deception
“Laughter is the stubborn reward of grim times.”
Source: Buster Keaton: Tempest In A Flat Hat
“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”
“Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.”
“Laughter is the ultimate emotion of openness. When you laugh, you release your fears, abandon your hatred and let down your guard to embrace the flow of the Universe.”
Source: The Six Principles of Enlightenment and Meaning of Life
“Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life.”
“Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.”
“Laughter is the very essence of religion. Seriousness is never religious, cannot be religious. Seriousness is of the ego, part of the very disease. Laughter is egolessness.”
“Laughter is the Wild Body's song of triumph.”
Source: Wyndham Lewis: paintings and drawings
“Laughter is therapy-an instant vacation.”
“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.
Walt Disney”
“Laughter is timeless, Inspiration is infinite, Peace is priceless.”
“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.”
“Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother”
Source: Joy Breaks: 90 Devotions to Celebrate, Simplify, and Add Laughter to Your Life
“Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits. Apparently it boosts the immune system, reduces stress hormones, massages the heart and diaphragm and engenders a 'feel good' factor.”
“Laughter is very young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.”
“Laughter is what spills over the edge of an inspired life.”
“Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.”
“Laughter is wise, because it broadens our perspectives, but gratitude is wiser still, because it broadens our perspectives beyond ourselves.”
“Laughter is your acquaintance.
Joy is your friend.
Fear is your opponent.
Love is your companion.
Pleasure is your acquaintance.
Discipline is your friend.
Envy is your opponent.
Peace is your companion.
Integrity is your acquaintance.
Compassion is your friend.
Anger is your opponent.
Humanity is your companion.
Desire is your acquaintance.
Contentment is your friend.
Vice is your opponent.
Virtue is your companion.
Reality is your acquaintance.
Truth is your friend.
Ignorance is your opponent.
Wisdom is your companion.
Time is your acquaintance.
Life is your friend.
Death is your opponent.
Eternity is your companion.”
“Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.”
Source: The Sense of Humor
“Laughter isn't a sign of insanity but a shield against it.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Laughter isn't the best medicine. Feeling that you're in safe hands is.”
Source: Holiday SOS: The Life-Saving Adventures of a Travelling Doctor
“Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth.”
“Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth. We blunder along, shredded by our mistakes, bludgeoned by our faults. Not having a clue where the dark path leads us. But on the whole, we stumble along bravely, don't you think?”
Source: By the Light of My Father's Smile
“Laughter ispleasant, butthe exertion istoomuchfor me.”
“Laughter itself is more often than not a vital abreaction to the disgust we feel for the monstrous mixing and promiscuity that confront us. But for all that we may gag on the absence of differentiation, it still fascinates us. We love to mix everything up, even if it simultaneously repels us. The reaction whereby the organism seeks to preserve its symbolic integrity is a vital one, even if the price paid is life itself (as in the rejection of a transplanted heart). Why would bodies not resist the arbitrary swapping of organs and cells? Also: why do cells, in cancer, refuse to carry out their assigned functions?”
Source: The Transparency of Evil: Essays in Extreme Phenomena
“Laughter—just good bone-shaking, belly-jiggling, light-in-the-head laughter, is a sure sign of health. The only one who hates it is Satan and all his wannabes.”
Source: Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control
“Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You can’t laugh and be angry, you can’t laugh and feel sad, you can’t laugh and feel envious.”
“Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.”
“Laughter lifts our spirits, surprises and sometime shocks our expectations, allows us to cross boundaries, reorders our priorities, and gives us access to ideas and associations we rarely ever thought to have.”
Source: A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greater Story
“Laughter lifts us over high ridges and lights up dark valleys in a way that makes life so much easier. It is a priceless gem, a gift of release and healing direct from Heaven.”
Source: Healing of the Planet Earth: Personal Power and Planetary Transformation
“Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well.”
Source: The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
“Laughter lightens the soul.”
“Laughter lights up the darkness.”
“Laughter looks so disgusting sometimes.”
Source: Celestial Bodies
“Laughter makes me come alive. Either being made to laugh or igniting it.”
“Laughter makes the bitter swallowing of truth, for some, a little easier.”
“Laughter may instruct but it may also conceal, defending the joker against anger and retaliation: a game is only a game.”
Source: Second words: selected critical prose
“Laughter may or may not activate the endorphins or enhance respiration, as some medical researchers contend. What seems clear, however, is that laughter is an antidote to apprehension and panic.”
“Laughter means nothing unless there have been tears.”
“Laughter means sympathy.”
Source: Works
“Laughter means: taking a mischievous delight in someone else's uneasiness, but with a good conscience.”
“Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.”
“Laughter nibbled at my lips like tiny fish in warm water.”
Source: Downtown
“Laughter not only makes the journey endurable and even enjoyable, it also helps keep us healthy.... Be like a child: learn to laugh more!”
“Laughter not only provides a cushion to our emotional hurts but also helps us in dealing with the jolts of life effectively.”
“Laughter not time destroyed my voice
And put that crack in it,
And when the moon's pot-bellied
I get a laughing fit.”
Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition