Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes - Page 2

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• Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Dignity, Force, Reserved

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• Man is a living lie--a bitter jest Upon himself--a conscious grain of sand Lost in a desert of unconsciousness.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Lying, Men, Desert

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• Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.

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  Inspirational, Book, Analysis

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• I find my past in my present, and from these forecast my future.

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  Future, Past, Forecasts

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• Fullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only.

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  Empty Vessels, Agitation, Answers

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• Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.

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  Agreement, Differences, Conversation

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1872). “Concord Days”, p.74

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• Sloth is the tempter that beguiles and expels from paradise.

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  Sloth, Laziness, Paradise

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.

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  Fountain, Streams, Ifs

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• Memory marks the horizon of our consciousness, imagination its zenith.

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  Memories, Imagination, Horizon

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.

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  Heart, Divine

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• Every noble life becomes a revelation of the spirit which the love and joy of mankind cannot let perish from remembrance.

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  Life, Remembrance, Joy

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.

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  Birthday, Old Habits, Clothes

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• Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical

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  Encouragement, Doing Nothing, Easy

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• Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for wrongs real or imagined.

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  Revenge, Real, Men

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• Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

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  Intuition, Criminal Mind, Speak

  "Fictional character: Aaron Hotchner". "Criminal Minds". Season 4, Episode 6: "The Instincts", www.imdb.com. November 05, 2008.

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• Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.

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  Garden, Eden, Desire

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1868). “Tablets”, p.10

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• Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.

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  Beautiful, Book, Becoming

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• Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

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  Footprint, Prudence

  "Orphic Sayings: XXVIII. Prudence". "The Dial", www.alcott.net. July 1840.

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• Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

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  Strength, Sympathy, Teaching

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.

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  Country, Garden, Cities

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1868). “Tablets”, p.48

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• Enthusiasm imparts itself magnetically and fuses all into one happy and harmonious unity of feeling and sentiment.

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  Feelings, Unity, Enthusiasm

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all.

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  Names, Purity, Moderation

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.

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  Life, Real, Mean

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• Opposition strengthens the manly will.

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  Opposition, Manly

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• Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Book, Reading, Mind

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