Author: Robert Green Ingersoll

Quotes

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

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

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

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.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

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

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

I regard the rights of men and women equal. In Love's fair realm, husband and wife are king and queen, sceptered and crowned alike, and seated on the self-same throne.

I regard the rights of men and women equal. In Love's fair realm, husband and wife are king and queen, sceptered and crowned alike, and seated on the self-same throne.

- 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

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