“Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.”

About Henry Ward Beecher

1813 – 1887

American clergyman and social reformer.

“He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.”

“Where is human nature so weak as in a book store?”

“A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.”

“His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him.”

“Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand.”

“Pass by us, and forgive us our happiness.”

“Freedom from suffering is a great happiness.”

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

“Acceptance is the better part of grief.”