Quotes Amos Bronson Alcott

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass...

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal...

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine....

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness...

Observation more than books and experience more than persons...

Observation more than books, experience rather than persons,...

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well....

Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in...

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we t...

Our ideals are our better selves....

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its...

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakn...

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten thro...

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and cl...

The less routine the more life....

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal...

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not l...

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignor...

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerfu...

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished ...

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well....

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cann...

Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides....

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind...