

“I lost a great innocence when I understood that I and my mind were not going to be on good terms for the rest of my life. I can’t tell you how tired I am of character-building experiences. But I treasure this part of me; whoever loves me loves me with this in it.”
― An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
― An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test.”
― The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Lectures
― The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Lectures

“الولاء يعني انعدام التفكير، بل انعدام الحاجة للتفكير، الولاء هو عدم الوعي.”
― 1984
― 1984

“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.
I attack the monsters, the phantoms of imagination that have ruled the world. I attack slavery. I ask for room -- room for the human mind.”
― The Ghosts and Other Lectures
I attack the monsters, the phantoms of imagination that have ruled the world. I attack slavery. I ask for room -- room for the human mind.”
― The Ghosts and Other Lectures

“The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.”
― The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. IV
― The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. IV
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