Quotes by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green on fear   

"If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on forgiveness   

"He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on aid and assistance   

"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."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on happiness
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"Happiness is not a reward -- it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment -- it is a result."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on happiness
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"Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on hope
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"Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on justice   

"Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on kindness   

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green on labor   

"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."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on liberty   

"The more liberty you give away the more you will have."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on liberty   

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"Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on anger
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"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on anger
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"Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and sheds its radiance upon the quiet tomb. It is the Mother of Art, inspirer of poet, patriot, and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart, builder of every home, kinder of every fire on every hearth, It was the first dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings of common clay."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on love   

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green on love
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"In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on mediocrity   

"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."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on providence   

"I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on right and rightness   

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green on science
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"Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on theology   

"Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought..."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on visualization   

"The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on worth   

"The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on churches   

"Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on colleges and universities   

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

Ingersoll, Robert Green on consequences   

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on courage
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"Courage without conscience is a wild beast."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on courage   

"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."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on courage   

"Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods. "

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