Robert Green Ingersoll

“Roscoe Conkling was a man of superb courage. He not only acted without fear, but he had that fortitude of soul which bears the consequences of the course pursued without complaint.”

“Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.”

“I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.”

“It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.”

“If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.”

“A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers.”

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

“Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.”