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Posts tagged ‘Laughter’

“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.” ― Herman Melville

In the twinkling of December’s Eves, happy miracles in the offing, we search our archive for answers to the question: If the laws of karma have us do it again, how would we face the morning after?

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

— Victor Hugo

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“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.” — Edward de Bono

Images and words are processed by, respectively, the rear and right, and left and front lobes of the human CPU. Those in this series are processed by the fan. A cool processing unit reboots all the lobes and makes your brain laugh. 

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.

— William James

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“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” −Douglas Adams

 An object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless and until it hits a wall.

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” −Sydney J. Harris Read more

“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” –Tom Robbins

flashback-a-serues-by-pierre-leducThis is the story of an ageless bundle of joy.

“The creative adult is the child who has survived.” –Ursula K. Le Guin

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“There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.” –Friedrich Nietzsche

 Mad Love 1Mad love is tweeting outside the cage of public opinion. 

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” –Rumi Read more

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” –Gautama Buddha

Tree Poem 1A philosopher, a saint and a sex therapist walk into a…

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.” –Ludwig Wittgenstein Read more

“May the inherent stress and peril of unfolding a beach chair not sabotage your plans to relax this summer.” –Anonymous

Beach Chair 1

Unfolding a beach chair releases the tension of school bells announcing summer vacation. 

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body’s natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.” –Nhat Hanh 

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“Dive into a sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.” –Moses Ibn Ezra quote

PEARLS ON A SEA OF THOUGHT

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“We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.” –William James quote

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“I’ve been alive forever and I wrote the very first song…” –’God,’ to quote Bruce Johnston

The Typewriter Song

The entrance examiner for Songwriters Heaven asks the candidate: “WHO WRITES THE SONGS THAT MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD SING?” The candidate sings out, “Bruce Johnston, of the Beach Boys, wrote ‘I Write the Songs (That Make the Whole World Sing)’ and said he wrote it about where music comes from, God.” The examiner asks, Is that a fact? The candidate replies, I read it at SongFacts.com. The examiner thinks, Thank God! I thought it was Barry Manilow.”

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