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Alcott, Amos Bronson
Thought means life, since those who do not think do not live in any high or real sense.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
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