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
pity easy
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
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.
men competent
Service makes men competent.
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.
thinking thank-god scientist
God is in all nature; thank God for the scientists, for they are thinking the thoughts of God after him, whether they know it or not.
divine human-experience humans
It is only by human experiences that we can interpret the Divine.
hurt children pain
Never lie to a child about doctors or medicine or anything else; but if you feel, as some people seem to feel, that life without lying is an impossibility, at least don't lie about the amount of pain likely to result from a surgical procedure, or about the taste of some medicine. If you know that something to be done will hurt, say so; if a mixture to be swallowed is unpleasant, say so. If you deceive a child once in such matters, do not imagine that it will trust you again. You do not deserve trust, and you will not get it.
reality men quests
Every man's life is, consciously or unconsciously, a quest for the infinite and the eternal reality.
warfare form commerce
Commerce is a form of warfare.
believe may orphan
I believe that God is the Great Companion, that we are not left orphans, that we may have comradeship with him.
selfish animal ambitious
If the impure and the unjust, the drunkard and the licentious, are loathsome to us, what must be the infinite loathing of an infinitely pure Spirit for those who are worldly and selfish, licentious and cruel, ambitious and animal! But with this great loathing is a great pity. And the pity conquers the loathing, appeases it, satisfies it, is reconciled with it, only as it redeems the sinner from his loathsomeness, lifts him up from his degradation, brings him to truth and purity, to love and righteousness; for only thus is he or can he be brought to God.