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“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”

“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 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 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?”