Small people delight in what they call consistency-that is, it gives them immense pleasure to say that they believe now exactly as they did ten years ago. This simply amounts to a certificate that they have not grown-that they have not developed-and that they know just as little now as they ever did. The highest possible conception of consistency is to be true to the knowledge of today, without the slightest reference to what your opinion was years ago.
Robert Green IngersollA miracle is the badge and brand of fraud. ... No intelligent, honest man ever pretended to perform a miracle, and never will.
Robert Green IngersollThe priests of one religion never credit the miracles of another religion. Is this because priests instinctively know priests?
Robert Green IngersollLincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors.
Robert Green IngersollNo one can control his own opinion or his own belief. My belief was forced upon me by my surroundings. I am the product of all circumstances that have in any way touched me.
Robert Green Ingersoll