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 wealth shame
It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.
art artist doe
The artist does not really create; he discovers.
children anger angry-words
Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.
positive passion tamed
Patience is passion tamed.
past might lasts
Postmodernism represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and hybrid interregnum that might be called the last gasp of the past.
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.
believe may orphan
I believe that God is the Great Companion, that we are not left orphans, that we may have comradeship with him.
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.
reality men quests
Every man's life is, consciously or unconsciously, a quest for the infinite and the eternal reality.
men competent
Service makes men competent.
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.
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.