“Persistent ill-humour is all too clear an indication that someone is living contrary to his[her] intended purpose.”
“The young man, who intends no ill,Believes that none is intended, and thereforeActs with openness and candor: but his father, having suffered the injuries of fraud, is impelled to suspect, and too often allured to practice it.”
“Cynisism is humour in ill health.”
“It was previously a question of finding out whether or not life had to have a meaning to be lived. It now becomes clear on the contrary that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning”
“I fell in love with her for her sense of humour. If she ever lost her sense of humour, I would have to dump her. Then I'd kill myself because I couldn't live without her.”
“How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose?”