Top 175 Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Man never had an idea - man will never have an idea, except those supplied to him by his surroundings. Every idea in the world that man has came to him by nature.

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

For the most part, we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs.

Nothing is more despicable than to reach fame by crawling, position by cringing.

Fear, prejudice, malice, and the love of approbation bribe a thousand men where gold bribes one.

Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light.

He who does not want does not act.

No writer must be measured by a word or paragraph. He is to be measured by his work - by the tendency, not of one line, but by the tendency of all.

What is it that distinguishes you and me from the lower animals - from the beasts? More, I say, than anything else, human sympathy - human sympathy.

Whether there is another life or not, if there is any being who gave me this, I shall thank him from the bottom of my heart, because, upon the whole, my life has been a joy.