Robert Green IngersollThinkers

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.

A Belief is not a matter of choice, but of conviction.

Civilization is true civilization when it provides that every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

College is a place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.

The Epithet is the argument of malice.

Eternity is that in whose presence the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

Fear is a dagger with which hypocrisy assassinates the soul.

Happiness is not a reward, but a consequence, just as suffering is not a punishment, it is a result.

Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth.

Hope is reputation for veracity.