He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.
Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!
Ten times must thou laugh a day, and be cheerful; else thy stomach, the father of affliction, will disturb thee in the night.
Don't take yourself so damn seriously. The cosmos is laughing with you, not at you.
Self-detachment—the ability to laugh at one's own neurotic fears—is the first step toward psychological healing.
The human capacity for self-detachment enables man to look at himself, judge himself, and even laugh at himself.
He who learns to laugh at his symptoms has taken the first step toward leaving them behind.
He who dances with the rhythms of day and night meets old age with gentle laughter.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the secret candle flame of God.
Do not let the dust of sorrow settle on the mirror of your mind; rinse it clean with the water of laughter.
In the courtyard of love, tears are converted into laughter and longing is transformed into light.
Let your laughter be like spring rain that awakens the dormant seeds of joy across the earth.
Laughter is the sweetest harp music that can ever echo across the hearth of an honest home.
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.
Laughter is tremendous relaxation. Laughter brings you from the mind to the no-mind.
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