If there is any God, there is only one way to please him, and that is by a conscientious discharge of your obligations to your fellow men. Robert Green Ingersoll conscientiousdischargefellow Change image and share on social
Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something. Robert Green Ingersoll democrathatelove Change image and share on social
Few rich men own their property; their property owns them. Robert Green Ingersoll manownproperty Change image and share on social
The place does not make the man, nor the sceptre the king. Greatness is from within. Robert Green Ingersoll greatnesskingmake Change image and share on social
I find that in this day and generation, the meanest men have the lowest estimate of woman; that the greater the man is, the grander he is, the more he thinks of mother, wife and daughter. Robert Green Ingersoll daughterdayestimate Change image and share on social
So far as I am concerned, I think more of reasons than of reputations, more of principles than of persons, more of nature than of names, more of facts than of faiths. Robert Green Ingersoll concernfactfaith Change image and share on social
You cannot change the conclusion of the brain by torture, nor by social ostracism. But I will tell you what you can do by these and what you have done. You can make hypocrites by the million. Robert Green Ingersoll brainchangeconclusion Change image and share on social
Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought. Robert Green Ingersoll chaincornerdepth share on social
The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life. Robert Green Ingersoll callcharacteredifice Change image and share on social
Beauty is not all there is of poetry. It must contain the truth. It is not simply an oak, rude and grand, neither is it simply a vine. It is both. Around the oak of truth runs the vine of beauty. Robert Green Ingersoll beautygrandoak Change image and share on social
