A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to the imaginary being are essential, and that men may and should be brought to that state of mind by all methods, not excluding violence.

Belief in the causal nexus is superstition.

The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts

Happiness is always a coincidence.

The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward.