I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a long train of deductions it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation. A Study in Scarlet

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Aristotle at Afternoon Tea

It was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials. The Grapes of Wrath

The Christian religion seems to have fulfilled its great biological purpose, in so far as we are able to judge. It has led human thought to independence, and has lost its significance, therefore, to a yet undetermined extent.... It seems to me that we might still make use in some way of its form of thought, and especially of its great wisdom of life, which for two thousand years has proven to be particularly efficacious. Psychology of the Unconscious