Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes
1799 – 1888
American teacher and transcendentalist philosopher, father of Louisa May Alcott.
“Genius is but the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.”
“Faith is the soul of all improvement. It is the Will of an Idea.”
“Believe, youth, despite all temptations, the oracle of deity in your own bosom.”
“Every age is a Judas, and betrays its Messiahs into the hands of the multitude.”
“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.”
“An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best.”
“To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.”
“Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.”
“Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.”
“Memory marks the horizon of our consciousness, imagination its zenith.”
