Amos Bronson Alcott

United States
29 Nov 1799 // 4 Mar 1888
Teacher / Writer / Philosopher

Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.

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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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