Lyman Abbott (December 18, 1835 – October 22, 1922) was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author. Read full biography of Lyman Abbott →
Patience is passion tamed.
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
The highest qualities of character... must be earned.
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.
Lyman Abbott (December 18, 1835 – October 22, 1922) was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author.