“I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren’t.”
As quoted in Church and Home, Vol. 1 (1964) by United Methodist Church, and Evangelical United Brethren Church, p. 21.
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Source: In My Own Way: An Autobiography 1915-1965 (1972), p. 6
Context: Do you suppose that God takes himself seriously? I know a Zen master, Joshu Sasaki, who has let it be known that the best form of meditation is to stand up with your hands on your hips and roar with laughter for ten minutes every morning. I have heard of a sophisticated shaman-type fellow who used to cure ringworm on cows just by pointing at the scars and laughing. Truly religious people always make jokes about their religion; their faith is so strong that they can afford it. Much of the secret of life consists in knowing how to laugh, and also how to breathe.
“The gods too are fond of a joke.”
This is actually a quotation of Socrates, as depicted in Cratylus by Plato
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“I don't consider myself a “religious” person at all. I am, however, a person of enormous faith.”
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