The Importance of God's Sense of Humor

Viscount Metaxas: I was and still am pathologically shy. So shy that when about a hundred years ago I was still at school for some reason they made me head of school to stop me playing practical jokes. That brought with it the terrifying responsibility of being the ex officio president of the debating society, he says. "Whenever in debates there was an opportunity I should say something I was so busy winding up my courage to speak the moment had passed so I was totally silent"