Laughter Quotes
[The comments in
brackets are by Rolf Sattler]
There are a few activities which are
immensely valuable: laughter is one of these activities.
Singing, dancing, are also of the same quality, but laughter
is the quickest (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. 1984.
The
Book. Series II.
Rajneeshpuram, OR: Rajneesh Foundation International, p.
109).
Why wait for reasons to laugh? Life as it is should be reason
enough to laugh. It is so absurd, it is so ridiculous. It is
so beautiful, so wonderful! It is all sorts of things
together. It is a great cosmic joke (Everyday Osho. 2002.
Glaucester, MA: Fair Winds Press, p. 7)
Laughter Yoga is a
unique concept of Unconditional Laughter, according to this,
anyone can Laugh for No Reason (Laughter Yoga
International)
Laughter is the real religion. Everything
else is just metaphysics (Everyday Osho. 2002. Glaucester,
MA: Fair Winds Press, p. 7).
[see also Wisdom Quotes # 30]
Start and finish
your day with laughter, and you will see, by and by, in
between these two more and more laughter starts happening.
And the more laughing you become, the more religious
(Osho.1994. From
Medication to Meditation. Saffron Walden: C. W. Daniel. p. 227)
not only is
laughing meditation one of the simplest forms of meditation,
but also it is a very powerful one (Daily OM)
when you really laugh, for those few moments you are in a
deep meditative state. Thinking stops. It is impossible to
laugh and think together...If you are still thinking.
laughter will be just so-so...It will be a crippled laughter
(Osho.1994. From
Medication to Meditation. Saffron Walden: C. W. Daniel. p. 225/6)
Laughter is the highest spiritual quality. It can lead you to
enlightenment! (Mountain).
Laughter is all
about playfulness (Laughter Yoga
International).
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people (Victor
Borge, quoted by Billy Strean. 2008. The HoHo DoJo. New York: Random HAs, p. 146).
Laughter is a great connector, a wonderful way to deepen
relationships, and a joy in and of itself (Billy Strean.
2008. The HoHo
DoJo. New York:
Random HAs, p. 76).
Barriers between cultures and races fall away when we us this
ancient signal [laughter] (Provine, R. R. 2000.
Laughter. A Scientific
Investigation. New
York: Penguin, p. 55).
love and laughter
go together; and laughter is one of the greatest medicines
(Osho.1994. From
Medication to Meditation. Saffron Walden: C. W. Daniel. p. 227)
Laughter
is good for your health (Laughter is the Best
Medicine).
If you
laugh at your sickness, you will become healthy
(Mountain).
Laughter seems an
ideal treatment that makes us feel good, is free, has no bad
side effects, and is even contagious...(Provine, R. R.
2000. Laughter. A
Scientific Investigation. New York: Penguin, p. 189).
Laughter is an instant vacation (Milton Berle).
When we share laughter, life is good. When I take myself too
seriously, suffering begins (Billy Strean. 2008.
The HoHo
DoJo. New York:
Random HAs, p. 150).
To paraphrase Gandhi, be the laughter and humor you want to
see in the world (Billy Strean. 2008. The HoHo DoJo. New York: Random HAs, p. 150).
If each of us can inject laughter in our own lives and touch
an ever-widening circle of other people, we are bound to have
a global influence (Billy Strean. 2008. The HoHo DoJo. New York: Random HAs, p. 150).
when people are laughing, they're generally not killing one
another (Alan Alda, quoted by Billy Strean. 2008.
The HoHo
DoJo. New York:
Random HAs, p. 150).
A day
without laughter is a day wasted (Charlie Chaplin).
What
monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole
batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly
into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!
(Agnes Repplier)
in the
end everything is a gag (Charlie Chaplin, quoted by Billy Strean. 2008.
The HoHo
DoJo. New York:
Random HAs, p. 9).
[According to Korzybski, one would have to say "in the end
everything is a gag, etc" because everything is infinitely
more than just a gag. The same applies to other
"is"-statements such as "Laughter is an instant vacation"
(see Wisdom Quotes #3,15,16, and other quotes by Korzybski
and Falconar)]
[see also Laughter Yoga]