I would have less wish to go to heaven if I knew God would not understand a joke.

We are all like pictures that must not be looked at too near. They that come near us find more faults and badness in us than others at a distance know.

In his own lifetime Jesus made no impact on history. This is something that I cannot but regard as a special dispensation on God's part, and, I like to think, yet another example of the ironical humour which informs so many of His purposes.

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.