Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersollwas an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of the United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth11 August 1833
CountryUnited States of America
air eyes liberty light love lungs soul
What light is to the eyes -- what air is to the lungs -- what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
sunshine air soul
Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe is a dungeon.
ambition soul eternity
It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.
people soul smallest
I have always noticed that the people who have the smallest souls make the most fuss about getting them saved.
love-is joy soul
Joy is wealth and love is the legal tender of the soul.
fear hypocrisy soul
Fear is a dagger with which hypocrisy assassinates the soul.
men soul atheism
Nothing is greater than to break the chains from the bodies of men - nothing nobler than to destroy the phantom of the soul.
religion immortal-soul doe
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.
believe soul attention
I believe in the gospel of cheerfulness, the gospel of Good Nature; the gospel of Good Health. Let us pay some attention to our bodies. Take care of our bodies, and our souls will take care of themselves.
night agony soul
I would rather that we all should go to eternal chaos, to black and starless night, than that just one soul should suffer eternal agony.
men soul individuality
Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul.
belong filled four nor religion thousand wherever
You need not go back four thousand years for heroines. The world is filled with them today. They do not belong to any nation, nor to any religion, nor exclusively to any race. Wherever woman is found, they are found.
change men physically
You have to change men physically before you change them intellectually.
dreary elevates happiness loves shop whether whoever works
Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.