671 Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Nothing is greater than to break the chains from the bodies of men - nothing nobler than to destroy the phantom of the soul.

There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

I concluded that all religions had the same foundation - a belief in the supernatural - a power above nature that man could influence by worship - by sacrifice and prayer.

If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.

If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing.

In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.

Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws.

There may be another life, and if there is, the best way to prepare for it is by making somebody happy in this.