Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “— My creed — 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.” ~ Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, Civil War veteran, political leader, orator of United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, nicknamed "The Great Agnostic"Source: ingersoll's famous creed as it appears on a manuscript copy he jotted down for someone March 26, 1897.