No man can be patient who has not strong passions, for patience is passion tamed. — Lyman Abbott Be patient 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… — Lyman Abbott Children Copy Share Image
If the impure and the unjust, the drunkard and the licentious, are loathsome to us, what must be the infinite loathing of… — Lyman Abbott Ambitious Copy Share Image
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them. — Lyman Abbott Affection 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… — Lyman Abbott Age Copy Share Image
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice. — Lyman Abbott Character 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.… — Lyman Abbott Age Copy Share Image
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet… — Lyman Abbott Beam 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,… — Lyman Abbott Awakening Copy Share Image
Evolution does not attempt to explain the origin of life. It is simply a history of the process of life. With the… — Lyman Abbott Believe Copy Share Image
A miracle no longer seems to me a manifestation of extraordinary power, but an extraordinary manifestation of ordinary power. God is always… — Lyman Abbott Extraordinary Copy Share Image
Postmodernism represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is… — Lyman Abbott Acknowledgment Copy Share Image
The brotherhood of man is an integral part of Christianity no less than the Fatherhood of God; and to deny the one… — Lyman Abbott Brother Copy Share Image
Behind all forms of beauty there is an infinite unity, and this unity, this intrinsic and eternal beauty, the artist is seeking… — Lyman Abbott Art Copy Share Image
It is only by human experiences that we can interpret the Divine. — Lyman Abbott Divine Copy Share Image
In New York - whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to… — Lyman Abbott Advertisements Copy Share Image
Never lie to a child about doctors or medicine or anything else; but if you feel, as some people seem to feel,… — Lyman Abbott Amount Copy Share Image
Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry. — Lyman Abbott Anger Copy Share Image
All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because He lives, "now abideth… — Lyman Abbott Charity Copy Share Image
Study how to do the most good and let the pay take care of itself. — Lyman Abbott Care Copy Share Image
