Amos Bronson Alcott
Amos Bronson Alcott
Amos Bronson Alcottwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth29 November 1799
CountryUnited States of America
Where women are, the better things are implied if not spoken.
Every sin provokes its punishment.
Labor humanizes, exalts.
Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
Fullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only.
The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.
Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.
The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.
If the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them -- structures which neither Plato nor Archimedes had dreamed possible.
Opposition strengthens the manly will.
Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?
Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him.
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.