Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws.
Robert Green IngersollI believe that there is something far nobler than loyalty to any particular man. Loyalty to the truth as we perceive it - loyalty to our duty as we know it - loyalty to the ideals of our brain and heart - is, to my mind, far greater and far nobler than loyalty to the life of any particular man or God. . . .
Robert Green IngersollWhoever increases the sum of human joy, is a worshiper. He who adds to the sum of human misery, is a blasphemer.
Robert Green Ingersoll