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47 quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was a lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of United States during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic".
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The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

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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.

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Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

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Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

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In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

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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.

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It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

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

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

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

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Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

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I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.

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