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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Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man
The less routine the more life
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit
Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness
Our ideals are our better selves
Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly
Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well
Observation more than books, and experience more than persons, are the prime educators
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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
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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