“To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.”

— Amos Bronson Alcott, Table-Talk, 1877, Bk I: Practical, vi: Discourse, Conversation, p. 83

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.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“Remember that all is opinion.”

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.”

“Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.”

“Truth also has its roof, and bed, and board.”

“Heartily know, when half-gods go, the gods arrive.”