Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes and Quotations
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
An honest God is the noblest work of man.
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.
I suppose it can be truthfully said that hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think wrong.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences.
With soap baptism is a good thing.
Reason, observation, and experience - the Holy Trinity of Science.
Few rich men own their own property. Their property owns them.
The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.
In nature there are neither rewards or punishments-there are consequences.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
One laugh of a child will make the holiest day more sacred still.
The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here.