1833-1899, American Orator, Lawyer
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.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Anger]
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Anger]
Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Colleges and Universities]
Courage without conscience is a wild beast.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Courage]
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Labor]
Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Happiness]
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 – [Happiness]
He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Aid and Assistance]
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Hope]
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Right and Rightness]
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Love]
If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Forgiveness]
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are only consequences.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Consequences]
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Mediocrity]
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.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Courage]
Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Justice]
Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Kindness]
Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Theology]
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.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Love]
Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.
Robert Green Ingersoll – [Science and Scientists]