I have known sorrow--therefore I
May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily
Than those who never read more

I have known sorrow--therefore I
May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily
Than those who never sorrowed upon earth
And know not laughter's worth.
I have known laughter--therefore I
May sorrow with you far more tenderly
Than those who never guess how sad a thing
Seems merriment to one heart's suffering.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.

When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not
laughed.
[Fr., La plus read more

The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not
laughed.
[Fr., La plus perdue de toutes les journees est celle ou l'on n'a
pas rit.]

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that read more

Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no hint of the ultimate reality of the opposites can be faintly intuited.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Laughter is by definition healthy.