"The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter." ― Alice Meynell Topic(s): Humor More From Alice Meynell "Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act." "Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind." "Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name." More In Humor "It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them."― Edward de Bono "Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years."― Allen Klein "I like being a Baha’i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine."― Rainn Wilson