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



That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.



The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.



Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps.



The less routine the more life.



Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.



Agriculture, for an honorable and high-minded man," says Xenophon, "is the best of all occupations and arts by which men procure the means of living.



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.



Many can argue; not many converse



A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.



Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.



Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.








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