Beauty is not all there is of poetry. It must contain the truth. It is not simply an oak, rude and grand, neither is it simply a vine. It is both. Around the oak of truth runs the vine of beauty. Robert Green Ingersoll Read Quote
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. Robert Green Ingersoll Read Quote
I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous – if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. Robert Green Ingersoll Read Quote
Most people can bear adversity; but if you wish to know what a man really is give him power. Robert Green Ingersoll Read Quote
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. Robert Green Ingersoll Read Quote
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. Robert Green Ingersoll Read Quote
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Robert Green Ingersoll Read Quote
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. Robert Green Ingersoll Read Quote
