Amos Bronson Alcott

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. ”

Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides. ”

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. ”

The less routine the more life. ”

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

Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams. ”

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

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. ”

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

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well. ”