(157 quotes found)
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.”
“It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions”
“Happiness is not a reward / it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment / it is a result.”
“What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.”
“My creed is that; Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so.”
“The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.”
“I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity”
“All the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable, grew, blossomed and bore fruit in this one word, Hell”
“Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.”