“If everything you say gets laughed at...then you become afraid of everyone... and are no longer able to speak... even knowing all that does is bother everyone... Your heart.......shuts down... And your words die.” IfsHeartDoeAbleDiesSpeakKnowingDown AndBotherLaughed Author:Natsuki Takaya
“If a man dies of cancer in fear and despair, then cry for his pain and celebrate his life. The other man, who fought like hell and laughed in the end, but also died, may have had an easier time in his final months, but took his leave with no more humanity.” IfsMenMayEndsPainHumanityDiesHellCryMonthsEasierDespairDiedFinalsCancerCelebrateLaughedEasier Times Book:Full House Source: Full House
“There is laughter that goes so far as to lose all touch with its motive, and to exist only, grossly, in itself. This is laughter at its best. A man to whom such laughter has often been granted may happen to die in a work-house. No matter. I will not admit that he has failed in life. Another man, who has never laughed thus, may be buried in Westminster Abbey, leaving more than a million pounds overhead. What then? I regard him as a failure.” MenMayMatterHappensDiesHouseLosesMillionsLaughterRegardLeavingGrantedMotivePoundsBuriedLaughedAnother ManOverheadAbbeyWestminsterWestminster Abbey Book:And Even Now: And, A Christmas Garland Source: And Even Now: And, A Christmas Garland
“Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'” SaidDiesDiedBoundsBoatLaughedMissionaryCaptains Author:Vance Havner