Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

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...

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

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.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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

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

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

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.

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

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...

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

For with each dawn, she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would...

For with each dawn, she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would...

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and...

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and...