#humor

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

If a man has reported to you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make any defense, but say: 'He did not know the rest of my faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.'

If you are told that another has spoken ill of you, do not answer him, but laugh, and say: 'The man was ignorant of my other faults, or he would not have mentioned these alone.'

Ten times must thou laugh a day, and be cheerful; else thy stomach, the father of affliction, will disturb thee in the night.

Most human beings eat the menu instead of the dinner.

Don't take yourself so damn seriously. The cosmos is laughing with you, not at you.

We are all floating on an ocean of boundless grace, but we behave like paupers terrified of drowning in a teacup.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation.

The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.

Humor allows a human being to put a distance between himself and his predicament, rising above his sorrow if only for a few seconds.

To smile in the face of misfortune is to assert the supremacy of the human spirit over external circumstance.

A healthy mind does not demand the absence of trouble, but possesses the humor and resilience to face it.

Through humor, the soul reclaims its dignity even in the shadow of tragedy.

A philosopher is just a man who thinks in an unusually obstinate way.

Old men love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set bad examples.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito.

He who cannot dance says the Persian carpet is uneven.

Do you pay more attention to the spoon than the soup?