60 Quotes by Lyman Abbott

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

Service makes men competent.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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