Walt Whitman defended the sacredness of love, the purity of passion - the passion that builds every home and fills the world with art and song. Robert Green Ingersoll artbuilddefend Change image and share on social
Our fathers founded the first secular government that was ever founded in this world. Recollect that. The first secular government - the first government that said every church has exactly the same rights and no more; every religion has the same rights, and no more. Robert Green Ingersoll churchfatherfound share on social
Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent, to borrower and lender both. Robert Green Ingersoll borrowercheapcommodity Change image and share on social
If you wish to reflect credit upon your parents, accomplish more than they did, solve problems that they could not understand, and build better than they knew. Robert Green Ingersoll accomplishbuildcredit Change image and share on social
Neutrality is generally used as a mask to hide unusual bitterness. Sometimes it hides what it is - nothing. It always stands for hollowness of head or bitterness of heart, sometimes for both. Robert Green Ingersoll bitternessgenerallyhead Change image and share on social
The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here. Robert Green Ingersoll happyplacetime Change image and share on social
The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world. Robert Green Ingersoll agecrygold Change image and share on social
This great question of predestination and free will, of free moral agency and accountability, and being saved by the grace of God, and damned for the glory of God, have occupied the mind of what we call the civilized world for many centuries. Robert Green Ingersoll accountabilityagencycall share on social
The grandest ambition that any man can possibly have is to so live and so improve himself in heart and brain as to be worthy of the love of some splendid woman; and the grandest ambition of any girl is to make herself worthy of the love and adoration of some magnificent man. Robert Green Ingersoll adorationambitionbrain share on social
Whoever marries simply for himself will make a mistake; but whoever loves a woman so well that he says, 'I will make her happy,' makes no mistake. And so with the woman who says, 'I will make him happy.' Robert Green Ingersoll happylovemake share on social
