The best Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

The best Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899), nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism.

The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here.
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Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.
A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.
There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.
A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.