If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Astrology Quotes

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...

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

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....

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...

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...

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility

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.

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

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

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

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...

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...

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

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

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

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

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

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.