Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

God has a tremendous sense of humor! Religion remains something dead without a sense of humor as a foundation to it. God would not have been able to create the world if he had no sense of humor. God is not serious at all. Seriousness is a state of disease; humor is health. Love, laughter, life, they are aspects of the same energy.

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

Laughter, on the other hand, " Petrarch went on, "is an explosion that tears us away from the world and throws us back into our own cold solitude. Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry. That's why I tell you yet again, and you want to keep in mind: Boccaccio doesn't understand love. Love can never be laughable. Love has nothing in common with laughter.

Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.

You should not take prayer too seriously. There is something playful about God. You only have to look at a penguin ... to realize that He likes to play little jokes on creatures.

Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of playfulness and laughter.

I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that.

I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key.

I refuse not to have a sense of humour.

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

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.

You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it.

I try to acknowledge both the sacred and the silly in my work. That goes for the live show as well. If I find myself in my head or dwelling in seriousness, I think of my friends back home and how they'd be laughing at me.

A lot of people say, 'Hey, God doesn't have a sense of humor.' Yes, He does. God has a great sense of humor.

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.

I think laughter is a sacred act.

Humor is a part of spirituality.

We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.