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Amos Bronson Alcott
Observation more than...
Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.
Thought means life,...
Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the...
First find the...
First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
Source: In...
The true teacher...
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their...
Strengthen me by...
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Source: Table...
That is a...
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
Source:...
Our dreams drench...
Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.
Source: In
Our ideals are...
Our ideals are our better selves.
Source: In
We climb to...
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were...
Success is sweet...
Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and...
One must be...
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Source: In The Concise Columbia...
To be ignorant...
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
Source: In
While one finds...
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may...
A government, for...
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and...
Our friends interpret...
Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
Our notion of...
Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure...
Who speaks to...
Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest...
Who knows, the...
Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides.
Source: In
The less routine...
The less routine the more life.
Source: In
The surest sign...
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
Source: In