Author: Robert Green Ingersoll

Quotes

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

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

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous.

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.

Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.

There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

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.

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

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