88 Quotes About Seriousness

Folly consists not in having desires but in taking them seriously.

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.

Seriousness is too boring to the playful human condition. A heart of stone that has a long face can never express love.

She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.

I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired.

Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified.'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it.

I like to think serious thoughts but I don't like to take them seriously.

Who put the S in comic to make cosmic? / The Self, which is the self of all beings - / choosing to disguise from themselves / that everything is just a game. // With a laugh we could turn / from all the seriousness we learned / and connect with every atom to create / breathtaking beauty with graceful ease.

I like serious thoughts but I don't like to take them seriously.