If a person desires to be a humorist it is necessary that the people around him shall be at least as wise as he is, otherwise his humor will not be comprehended.
Source: The Demi-Gods, ch. 27.
-- James Stephens, (May 18 1882-1950), Irish poet, storyteller; His pantheistic philosophy is revealed in his fairy tales set in the Dublin slums of his childhood and in his compassionate poems about animals.