In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Kahlil Gibran

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
George Eliot

Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
Max Beerbohm

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
Francois Rabelais

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.
Wayne Dyer

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.
George Ade

It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.
Allen Klein

It seems that laughter needs an echo.
Henri Bergson

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.
Malcolm Muggeridge

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.
Chuck Jones

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
Victor Hugo

Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die.
Karl Shapiro

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
Kurt Vonnegut

Laughter can bring a new perspective.
Christopher Durang

Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
Allen Klein

Laughter drives shouting away.
Indra Devi

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Bob Newhart

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
Arnold H. Glasow

Laughter is America's most important export.
Walt Disney

Laughter is an instant vacation.
Milton Berle