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

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Common Quotes, Education Quotes

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little...

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little...

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be...

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be...

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

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

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

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

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

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

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.

Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is an open communication between heart to heart and not required to be learned...

Kindness is an open communication between heart to heart and not required to be learned...

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back