“In the theocracy of the soul majorities do not rule.”

— Amos Bronson Alcott, Orphic Sayings, 1840-1841, XVII. Theocracy

About Amos Bronson Alcott

1799 – 1888

American teacher and transcendentalist philosopher, father of Louisa May Alcott.

“Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.”

“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.”

“The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”

“Where there is great power there is great responsibility.”

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”

“Our popular Government has often been called an experiment.”