Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Topic

Humor Laughter

Author

Reinhold Niebuhr

Source

Discerning the Signs of the Times

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Theologian Christian Writer

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United States

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Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. "Humour and Faith." Discerning the Signs of the Times: Sermons for Today and Tomorrow. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946.

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It is a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it: if you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other you are very likely to get what you want.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Getting what you want

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W. Somerset Maugham
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Maugham, William Somerset. "The Treasure." The Mixture as Before. William Heinemann/Doubleday Doran, 1940.

Another quote from 1946

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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The little things Happiness

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis
Source
Zorba the Greek
Medium
Novel
Language
Greek
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and State of Alexis Zorba]. Athens: Dimitrakou, 1946, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, translated by Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 7.