I firmly believe that the method which sets theological theories against scientifically ascertained facts, is fatal to the current theology and injurious to the spirit of religion; and that the method which frankly recognizes the facts of life, and appreciates… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
No man can be patient who has not strong passions, for patience is passion tamed. — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
We Gentiles owe our life to Israel. It is Israel who has brought us the message that God is one, and that God is a just and righteous God, and demands righteousness of his children, and demands nothing else. It is Israel who has brought us the message that God is our Father. It is Israel who, in bringing us… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share
If the impure and the unjust, the drunkard and the licentious, are loathsome to us, what must be the infinite loathing of an infinitely pure Spirit for those who are worldly and selfish, licentious and cruel, ambitious and animal! But with this great loathing is a great pity. And the pity conquers the loathing, appeases it, satisfies it, is reconciled… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them. — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
If I am to tell you how to grow old gracefully, I must tell you at the beginning of life; for no man can… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice. — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
A graceful and blessed old age must have three elements in it: a happy retrospect, a peaceful present, and an inspiring future. And old… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet unstained. — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
I think of death as a glad awakening from this troubled sleep which we call life; as an emancipation from a world, which, beautiful… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
