Is not the history of real civilization the slow and gradual emancipation of the intellect, of the judgment, from the mastery of passion? Is not that man civilized whose reason sits the crowned monarch of his brain - whose passions are his servants?
Robert Green IngersollIn the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.
Robert Green IngersollI would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.
Robert Green IngersollIt cannot be said too often that actions are good or bad in the light of consequences, and that a clear perception of consequences would control actions. That which increases the sum of human happiness is moral; and that which diminishes the sum of human happiness is immoral. . . . Blind, unreasoning obedience is the enemy of morality.
Robert Green Ingersoll