A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!
God has a most wicked sense of humor.
I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.
It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.
Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd.
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.