Lyman Abbott Quotes

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Lyman Abbott

Life, Through, Temptation

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
Lyman Abbott

Child, Virtue, Eternal

Patience is passion tamed.
Lyman Abbott

Patience, Passion, Tamed

Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Lyman Abbott

Life, Through, Temptation

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
Lyman Abbott

Rather, Flowers, Dirt

I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.
Lyman Abbott

Cannot, Afraid, Horse

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
Lyman Abbott

Easy, Pity, Condemn

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.
Lyman Abbott

Religion, Reason, Conclusion

The highest qualities of character... must be earned.
Lyman Abbott

Character, Highest, Qualities

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.
Lyman Abbott

Reason, Lord, Rest

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 18, 1835

Died: October 22, 1922

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