Humor is not the opposite of seriousness. Humor is the opposite of despair.

- Conrad Hyers

We live in an ironic society where even play is turned into work. But the highest existence is not work; the highest level of existence is play.

- Conrad Hyers

What is particularly intriguing, in fact, is that whereas many peoples tend to locate this experience (of the sacred) in certain unusual, if not 'sup…

- Conrad Hyers

Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be given. To the irritation…

- Conrad Hyers