Lyman Abbott Quotes

"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
(Related: Man, Reason, Rest)

"The highest qualities of character... must be earned."
- Lyman Abbott
(Related: Character)

"Patience is passion tamed."
- Lyman Abbott
(Related: Passion, Patience)

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

"I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them."
- Lyman Abbott
(Related: Flowers)

"Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice."
- Lyman Abbott
(Related: Life, Virtue, Innocence, March, Temptation, Vice)

"Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice."
- Lyman Abbott
(Related: Life, Virtue, Innocence, March, Temptation, Vice)

"A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained."
- Lyman Abbott
(Related: Virtue, Infinite, Possibilities, Vice)

"Religion is not a conclusion of the reason."
- Lyman Abbott
(Related: Religion, Reason)