In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.
Robert Green IngersollI want no heaven for which I must give my reason; no happiness in exchange for my liberty, and no immortality that demands the surrender of my individuality. Better rot in the windowless tomb, to which there is no door but the red mouth of the pallid worm, than to wear the jeweled collar of a god.
Robert Green IngersollEither god should have written a book to fit my brain, or he should have made my brain to fit his book.
Robert Green IngersollIgnorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the other soars.
Robert Green IngersollThe old man has been long at the fair. He is acquainted with the jugglers at the booths. His curiosity has been satisfied. He no longer cares for the exceptional, the monstrous, the marvelous and deformed. He looks through and beyond the gilding, the glitter and gloss, not only of things, but of conduct, of manners, theories, religions and philosophies. He sees clearer. The light no longer shines in his eyes.
Robert Green Ingersoll