Robert Green Ingersoll

"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."

"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

"Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell."

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

"We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death."

"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."