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 More Quotes by Lyman Abbott More Quotes From 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 hoe dirt flower I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow. Lyman Abbott harness horse cows Study how to do the most good and let the pay take care of itself. Lyman Abbott care money pay Religion is not a conclusion of the reason. Lyman Abbott conclusion reason I believe that God is the Great Companion, that we are not left orphans, that we may have comradeship with him. Lyman Abbott orphan may believe It is only by human experiences that we can interpret the Divine. Lyman Abbott human-experience humans 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. Lyman Abbott pain hurt children Every man's life is, consciously or unconsciously, a quest for the infinite and the eternal reality. Lyman Abbott quests men reality How few of us appreciate the fact that a very great deal of physical suffering in after life comes from bad mental training in childhood! I do not mean suffering of an imaginary kind; I mean disease which may entirely ruin a life which might have been of use to the world, and which surely would have been happier but for the lost health. Many a chronic invalid might have preserved his health had he been taught to use his brain properly when a child. Lyman Abbott appreciate mean children A miracle no longer seems to me a manifestation of extraordinary power, but an extraordinary manifestation of ordinary power. God is always showing himself. Lyman Abbott manifestation miracle ordinary 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. Lyman Abbott ambitious selfish animal A miracle constantly repeated becomes a process of nature. Lyman Abbott miracle process The ideal of character always runs beyond the attainment. Lyman Abbott attainment running character Conscience is what? It is putting together a moral act and a moral ideal, and measuring the act by the ideal. It is putting this moral act which you do alongside the eternal laws of God, and seeing how it stands by those laws of God. Lyman Abbott moral law together Service makes men competent. Lyman Abbott competent men 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. Lyman Abbott government essence art If you and I have not seen God, we cannot bear witness to God. Lyman Abbott witness ifs bears Courage is caution overcome. Lyman Abbott caution overcoming courage If there is to be no satisfaction in pleasure, none in wisdom, none in ambition, none in the golden mean, what then? Ah, where then? In duty. In doing right because it is right. Lyman Abbott golden ambition mean This is what evolution means--ordered progress; development from poorer to richer, from lower to higher, from less to greater--progress. In the material universe, progress to higher forms; in the moral universe, progress to higher life. Lyman Abbott progress development mean
