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Lyman Abbott quotes: Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

Lyman Abbott quotes: 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

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.

Lyman Abbott quotes: I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

Lyman Abbott quotes: No man can be patient who has not strong passions, for patience is passion tamed.

No man can be patient who has not strong passions, for patience is passion tamed.

Lyman Abbott quotes: The artist does not really create; he discovers.

The artist does not really create; he discovers.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Do not think that you can fight corruption without while you let corruption fester within.

Do not think that you can fight corruption without while you let corruption fester within.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Every soul is a battlefield.

Every soul is a battlefield.

Lyman Abbott quotes: It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

Lyman Abbott quotes: It is only by human experiences that we can interpret the Divine.

It is only by human experiences that we can interpret the Divine.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Study how to do the most good and let the pay take care of itself.

Study how to do the most good and let the pay take care of itself.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Service makes men competent.

Service makes men competent.

Lyman Abbott quotes: The highest qualities of character ... must be earned.

The highest qualities of character ... must be earned.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Every man's life is, consciously or unconsciously, a quest for the infinite and the eternal reality.

Every man's life is, consciously or unconsciously, a quest for the infinite and the eternal reality.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Commerce is a form of warfare.

Commerce is a form of warfare.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Patience is passion tamed.

Patience is passion tamed.

Lyman Abbott quotes: You, mother, are not responsible to set the whole world right; you are responsible only to make one pure, sacred, and divine household.

You, mother, are not responsible to set the whole world right; you are responsible only to make one pure, sacred, and divine household.

Lyman Abbott quotes: A miracle constantly repeated becomes a process of nature.

A miracle constantly repeated becomes a process of nature.

Lyman Abbott quotes: The ideal of character always runs beyond the attainment.

The ideal of character always runs beyond the attainment.

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.

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 quotes: I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.

I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.

Lyman Abbott quotes: If you and I have not seen God, we cannot bear witness to God.

If you and I have not seen God, we cannot bear witness to God.

Lyman Abbott quotes: I believe that God is the Great Companion, that we are not left orphans, that we may have comradeship with him.

I believe that God is the Great Companion, that we are not left orphans, that we may have comradeship with him.

Lyman Abbott quotes: Man puts manacles on his fellow-man; God never.

Man puts manacles on his fellow-man; God never.

Lyman Abbott quotes: We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

Lyman Abbott quotes: All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because He lives, "now abideth faith, hope, charity."

All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because He lives, "now abideth faith, hope, charity."

Lyman Abbott quotes: Courage is caution overcome.

Courage is caution overcome.

Lyman Abbott quotes: It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life.

It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life.

Lyman Abbott quotes: 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.

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.

Lyman Abbott quotes: A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.

Lyman Abbott quotes: It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.