#laughter

It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body. ↗

— Allen Klein

#body #clear #directly #every #heart

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss. ↗

— Allen Klein

#broader #category #elements #go #helping

It seems that laughter needs an echo. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#laughter #needs #seems

Laughter is an instant vacation. ↗

— Milton Berle

#laughter #vacation

The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release endorphins into your system, which act as a natural mood elevator. In Norman Cousin's book, Anatomy of an Illness, Cousin's describes the regimen he followed to overcome a serious debilitating disease he was suffering from. It included large doses of laughter and humor. Published in 1976, his book has been widely accepted by the medical community. ↗

— Cherie Carter-Scott

#medicine #life

If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#compassion #contribute #definitely #destroying #energy

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. ↗

— James Thurber

#appreciative #audience #cannot #chuckle #comedy

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss. ↗

— Lea Thompson

#definitely #gravitate #i #laughter #out

Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#counterfeit #intonation #laughing #laughter #mind

People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.' John made people laugh, and laughter is a powerful thing. ↗

— James Belushi

#brother #coming #i #i love #i love you