#laughter

A thousand laughing suns are in your eyes. A thousand crying stars in mine. ↗

— Ahmad Shamlou

#love #sadness #tears #love

Laughter has proven to be useful in other ways, too. It can make an awkward silence a lot less awkward, like when you’re in a terrible marriage or an elevator. ↗

— Colin Nissan

#marriage

My religion consists of laughing at myself. My motto is this: As long as there is a me, there is a reason to laugh out loud! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-quotes #laughing-at-myself #laughter #life-and-living #inspirational

Life is sometimes hard, and you have to laugh your way through it. ↗

— Mabele "Madea" Simmons Tyler Perry Don't Make A Black Woman Take of Her Earrings

#laughter #life #motivational #inspirational

A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#faith #freedom #laughter #mysticism #religion

If there is no laughter, Jesus has gone somewhere else. If there is no joy and freedom, it is not a church: it is simply a crowd of melancholy people basking in a religious neurosis. If there is no celebration, there is no real worship. ↗

— Steve Brown

#joy #laughter #religion #worship #freedom

We laugh, that we may not cry. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#happiness #humor #inspiration #joy #laughter

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold. ↗

— John Betjeman

#cold #give #give me #harvest #hold

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. ↗

— Bennett Cerf

#bring #indeed #into #laughter #person

I like to play different ranges. When you get really deeply involved in the emotional parts, I enjoy that just as much as the fun and laughter. ↗

— Melissa George

#different #emotional #enjoy #fun #get