Conrad Hyers Quotes

• 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

  Play, Ironic, Levels

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

  Conrad Hyers

  Opposites, Despair, Seriousness

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• What is particularly intriguing, in fact, is that whereas many peoples tend to locate this experience (of the sacred) in certain unusual, if not 'supernatural' moments and circumstances . . . the Oriental focus is upon mystery in the most obvious, ordinary, mundane-the most natural-situations of life.

  Conrad Hyers

  Life, Focus, Ordinary

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• 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 of authority figures of all sorts, children expend considerable energy in "clowning around." They refuse to appreciate the gravity of our monumental concerns, while we forget that if we were to become more like children our concerns might not be so monumental.

  Conrad Hyers

  Family, Children, Irritation

  Conrad Hyers (2003). “The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith: A Celebration of Life and Laughter”, p.79, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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