Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
Amos Bronson Alcott

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.
Amos Bronson Alcott

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
Amos Bronson Alcott

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Our ideals are our better selves.
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.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Amos Bronson Alcott