Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.

Though snails are exceedingly slow, There is one thing I'd like to know. If I out run 'em round the yard, How come they beat me to the chard?

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.

There are no language barriers when you are smiling.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

Laughing is also good for your respiratory system.

Our attitudes are the crayons that color our world.

In every job, relationship, or life situation there is inevitably some turbulence. Learn to laugh at it. It is part of what you do and who you are.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.

When the corruption seems to go all the way to the end of the world, the only good approach is through the front door with a gun in each hand.

Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like monotony.

If I feel good on the inside, I treat my body with more respect.

A voice can also repel, infuriate or actually make a listener ill.

The more of himself man attributes to God, the less he has left in himself.

What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.

Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.

There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.

The real value of setting and achieving goals lies not in the rewards you receive, but in the person you become as a result of reaching your goals.