Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes


Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. Robert Green Ingersoll anger 136
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. Robert Green Ingersoll education 115
Few rich men own their property; their property owns them. Robert Green Ingersoll Owns 105
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. Robert Green Ingersoll Love 100
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. Robert Green Ingersoll Death 91
There is no slavery but ignorance. Robert Green Ingersoll Ignorance 90
I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. Robert Green Ingersoll Men 85
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. Robert Green Ingersoll Happy 83
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism. Robert Green Ingersoll Death 79
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. Robert Green Ingersoll Clouds 77
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Robert Green Ingersoll courage 74
Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice. Robert Green Ingersoll Insolence 73
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. Robert Green Ingersoll Religion 61
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. Robert Green Ingersoll courage 61
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie. Robert Green Ingersoll Another 57
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others. Robert Green Ingersoll Bending 53
Courage without conscience is a wild beast. Robert Green Ingersoll courage 50
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. Robert Green Ingersoll death 49
My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. Robert Green Ingersoll Happy 45
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers. Robert Green Ingersoll Nature 40
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. Robert Green Ingersoll Bible 37
An honest God is the noblest work of man. Robert Green Ingersoll God 37
Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell. Robert Green Ingersoll Religion 36
Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. Robert Green Ingersoll Being 33
We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death. Robert Green Ingersoll Death 33
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane. Robert Green Ingersoll Criminal 32
Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science. Robert Green Ingersoll Science 28

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