Amos Bronson Alcott
Amos Bronson Alcott
Amos Bronson Alcottwas an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He hoped to perfect the human spirit and, to that end, advocated a vegan diet before the term was coined. He was also an abolitionist and an advocate for women's rights...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth29 November 1799
CountryUnited States of America
Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.
Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.
Fullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only.
The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.
One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.
I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.
The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.
A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
Civilization degrades many in order to exalt the few.
Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.
Enthusiasm imparts itself magnetically and fuses all into one happy and harmonious unity of feeling and sentiment.
Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.
Experience converts us to ourselves when books fail us.
A friendship formed in childhood, in youth,--by happy accident at any stage of rising manhood,--becomes the genius that rules the rest of life.