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

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

A good deed is the best prayer

A good deed is the best prayer

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

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

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to...

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to...

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

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

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.

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...

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful...

Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful...

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...

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

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

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.

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

The religions are all alike, no matter what they call themselves. They have no future-...

The religions are all alike, no matter what they call themselves. They have no future-...

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

The church lives on the fact that modern research about Jesus is not known amongst...

The church lives on the fact that modern research about Jesus is not known amongst...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

That the film turned out to be coherent is a miracle. That it is successful...

That the film turned out to be coherent is a miracle. That it is successful...