Amos Bronson Alcott
United States
29 Nov 1799 // 4 Mar 1888
Teacher / Writer / Philosopher
29 Nov 1799 // 4 Mar 1888
Teacher / Writer / Philosopher
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Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams
Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few
A good style fits like a good costume
A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers
Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be
Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
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
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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