Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing

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

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

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...

A good deed is the best prayer

A good deed is the best prayer

There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation...

There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation...

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

There is no inevitable connection between Christianity and cynicism. Truth is not a salad, is...

There is no inevitable connection between Christianity and cynicism. Truth is not a salad, is...

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man...

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man...