Lyman Abbott
Lyman Abbott
Lyman Abbott was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 December 1835
CountryUnited States of America
men competent
Service makes men competent.
reality men quests
Every man's life is, consciously or unconsciously, a quest for the infinite and the eternal reality.
men essence transcendentalism
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.
brother men fatherhood
The brotherhood of man is an integral part of Christianity no less than the Fatherhood of God; and to deny the one is no less infidel than to deny the other.
wise believe men
Evolution does not attempt to explain the origin of life. It is simply a history of the process of life. With the secret cause of life evolution has nothing to do. A man, therefore, may be a materialistic evolutionist or a theistic evolutionist; that is, he may believe that the cause is some single unintelligent impersonal force, or he may believe that the cause is a wise and beneficent God.
men fellow-man slavery
Man puts manacles on his fellow-man; God never.
men age grows
If I am to tell you how to grow old gracefully, I must tell you at the beginning of life; for no man can grow old gracefully unless he begins early.
hero men doe
He who says, "I know no fear," is no hero. No man knows courage unless he does know fear, and has that in him which is superior to fear, and conquers it.
men wealth shame
It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.
american-author highest
The highest qualities of character... must be earned.
american-author life virtue
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
artist unity infinite
Behind all forms of beauty there is an infinite unity, and this unity, this intrinsic and eternal beauty, the artist is seeking to discern and to make others discern.
bears witness ifs
If you and I have not seen God, we cannot bear witness to God.
art government essence
Whether we know it or not, we are all in a quest after the Great Companion. All study, all art, all music, all literature, all government, all industry are in essence a search after the Infinite.