Where science, religion, and the arts agree:
Laughter is inner jogging, life’s shock absorber, a tranquilizer with no side effects, an instant vacation, a sense of proportion, a power of seeing yourself from the outside, a really loud noise from the soul saying ‘Ain’t that the truth’, the shortest thing between two people, the best way to make somebody’s heart beat, the purest sound with no foreign accent, the beginning of prayer and gratitude. See Ways to bring more laughter in.