Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry. — Lyman Abbott Anger 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 Abhor Copy Share Image
It is only by human experiences that we can interpret the Divine. — Lyman Abbott Divine Copy Share Image
If there is to be no satisfaction in pleasure, none in wisdom, none in ambition, none in the golden mean, what then?… — Lyman Abbott Ambition 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
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of… — Lyman Abbott 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 Copy Share Image
He who says, "I know no fear," is no hero. No man knows courage unless he does know fear, and has that… — Lyman Abbott 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 Copy Share Image
God is in all nature; thank God for the scientists, for they are thinking the thoughts of God after him, whether they… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
I believe that God is the Great Companion, that we are not left orphans, that we may have comradeship with him. — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must… — Lyman Abbott Character 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
You, mother, are not responsible to set the whole world right; you are responsible only to make one pure, sacred, and divine… — Lyman Abbott Divine Copy Share Image
