Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) was 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.
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
Topics: Books, Reading
The less routine the more life.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
Topics: Living, Life
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
Topics: Thoughts, Thought, Thinking
Our ideals are our better selves.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
Topics: Ideals
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of ignorance.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
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
Topics: Education, Learning
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