Thomas Carlyle's quote

"True humour springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles which lie far deeper."
  — Thomas Carlyle

Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, Amrita: The Fount of Nectar-Delight, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1972