Lyman Abbott quotes

Patience is passion tamed. (Lyman Abbott)
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice. View quote
Lyman Abbott
The highest qualities of character...must be earned. View quote
Lyman Abbott
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained. View quote
Lyman Abbott
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. View quote
Lyman Abbott
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them. View quote
Lyman Abbott
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity. View quote
Lyman Abbott
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow. View quote
Lyman Abbott
Religion is not a conclusion of the reason. View quote
Lyman Abbott