We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Death Quotes

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

A good deed is the best prayer

A good deed is the best prayer

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.