In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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

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

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.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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 an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of...

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

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...

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...

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

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

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

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

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

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...

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...

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

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.

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 contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than...

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than...

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always...

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...