Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

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...

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...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

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

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

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

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...

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...

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

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 more liberty you give away the more you will have.

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

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...

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

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...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

The greatest prayer is patience

The greatest prayer is patience