“True life lies in laughter, love and work.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist

Source: Confessions of a Barbarian

“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.”

Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now

“Your face is marked with lines of life, put there by love and laughter, suffering and tears. It's beautiful.”

Lynsay Sands Canadian writer

“I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.”

Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian

Statement written weeks before his death in 1994, as quoted in "Unseen Bill Hicks Clip" in Esquire (3 February 2014) https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/news/a5661/unseen-bill-hicks-clip/

“Laughter, like love, has power to survive the worst things life has to offer. And to do it with style.”

Jim Butcher book Blood Rites

Source: Blood Rites

“One secret of life is that the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. Another secret is that laughter is carbonated holiness”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“The true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”

William Morris (1834–1896) author, designer, and craftsman

“Fiction is made of life/ Of earth and clay/ Of tears and laughter/ Of blood and sweat/ Hear them, the works of an author or a painter/ The singer and the clown/ Preserve the mystery of life.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu (1957) Indian philosopher

Life: Relish It!
Life: Relish It! (2012)

“Our work is the love of God. Our satisfaction lies in submission to the Divine Embrace”

John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) Flemish mystic

Quoted in Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness (1912) by Evelyn Underhill, p. 353

“I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love… there is joy… there is laughter.”

Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) actor, director, producer, screenwriter

“True life lies in laughter, love and work.”

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