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Quotes by Amos Bronson Alcott

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

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
Source: The Yale Book of Quotations
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Thought means life, since those who do not think do not live in any high or real sense.  Thinking makes the man.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
Source: Worldwide Laws of Life: 200 Eternal Spiritual Principles
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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.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
Source: "Orphic Sayings," "The Teacher," 1840.
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Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
Source: "Table Talk," "Sympathy," 1877.
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We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
 
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The less routine the more life.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
 
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A work of real merit finds favor at last.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
 
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Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
 
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Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
 
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Who loves a garden, still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.

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