Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is to help others if he has a surplus, and if he really believes they deserve to be helped.

Robert Green Ingersoll's Popular Quotes

Fear is religion, courage is science.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, wi…

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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.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!

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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.

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

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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

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There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

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And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?

- Robert Green Ingersoll