And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.
Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.
If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
You feel completely in control when you hear a wave of laughter coming back at you that you have caused.
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.
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