Form Quote by Krister Stendahl Download Open image “Humor, together with irony,forms a safeguard against idolatry.” — Krister Stendahl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Form Humor Idolatry Irony Theologian Together
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
The humor is the sort born of ironic necessity; they use it to salve the wounds in insensitity. — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
Irony is the cultivation of the spirit and therefore follows next after immediacy; then comes the ethicist, then the humourist, then the religious person. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference and a longer view and finds them incongruous.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
“The more one pleases generally, the less one pleases profoundly.” — Krister Stendahl Copy Share Image
Our vision is more obstructed by what we think we know than by our lack of knowledge. — Krister Stendahl Copy Share Image
The Copa del Rey is a different competition. It is football in its purest form and is different from the continuity of the league. — Michael Laudrup Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form. — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
