Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain…

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Reading Quotes, Thinking Quotes

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...

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the...

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have 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,...

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

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

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

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

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

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.

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than...

It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than...

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.

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you...

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you...

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword...

Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword...

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

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

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor...

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor...

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where...

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where...

Love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that...

Love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that...

Saving love doesn't bring any interest.

Saving love doesn't bring any interest.