United States, Theologian December 18, 1835 – October, 22, 1922.
Lyman Abbott (December 18, 1835 – October 22, 1922) was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author.
Also known as Editor, Author
Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.
Patience is passion tamed.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.
The highest qualities of character... must be earned.
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.
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