“The problem with trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you so very often succeed.”

“Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”

“A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems.”

“I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.”

“and a charge of lying against someone whom you have always found truthful is a very serious thing; a very serious thing indeed.”

“Can you lay your hand on your hearts and tell me I'm really alive? Are you sure I wasn't drowned and we're not all ghosts together?”

“I ended my first book with the words 'no answer.' I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words.”