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

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

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...

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

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...

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

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.

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

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

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

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees...

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees...

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality...

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality...

No day can be so sacred but that the laugh of a little child will...

No day can be so sacred but that the laugh of a little child will...

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 church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one...

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet...

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet...