I was a hypocrite; and it served me right to be sent to heaven.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Shaw jokes that his hypocrisy deserves heaven, implying heaven is full of hypocrites.
- In plain terms
- Hypocrites think they belong in heaven.
- What can you take from it?
- Self-awareness reveals hypocrisy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you a hypocrite?
- Where do you belong?
Another view
It trivializes religious concepts.
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