Humor is a prelude to faith and Laughter is the beginning of prayer. - Reinhold Niebuhr

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I want to make people laugh so they will begin to see things seriously. - William Zinser

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Life is too important to be taken seriously - Oscar Wilde

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Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence. - Lord Byron

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

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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. - Yiddish Proverb

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Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Nothing shows our character more than what we laugh at. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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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. - Theodosia Garrison

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Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it - Bill Cosby

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A clown may be the first in the kingdom of heaven, if he or she has helped lessen the sadness of human life. - Rabbi Baroka

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Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, "Full experiences of God can never be planned or achieved.  They are spontaneous moments of grace, almost accidental."
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Lozloff, "Rabbi, if God-realization is just accidental, why do we work so hard doing all these spiritual practices?"
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Rabbi Carlebach, "To be as accident-prone as possible."