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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The less routine the more life.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
Topics: Life, Living
Strengthen me by sympathizing with
my strength, not my weakness.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
A true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
That is a good book which opened with expectation and closed with profit.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
Our ideals are our better selves.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of ignorance.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
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
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