Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away and a sunny spirit takes their place.

A sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised.

A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic, and the true, by whose light it surveys and shapes their opposites. It is an humane influence, softening with mirth the ragged inequalities of existence, promoting tolerant views of life, bridging over the spaces which separate the lofty from the lowly, the great from the humble.

Humor is, however, nearer right than any emotion we have. Humor is the atmosphere in which grace most flourishes.

Humor is a tool to ease the harsh realities of life.

It is the uncensored sense of humor of a people which is the ultimate therapy for man in society.

Why, gentlemen, humor is one of the most valuable things in the human brain. It is the torch of the mind -- it sheds light. Humor is the readiest test of truth -- of the natural, of the sensible -- and when you take from a man all sense of humor, there will only be enough left to make a bigot.

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.

Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.