Our ideals are our better selves.

Quote by Amos Bronson Alcott

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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our...

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our...

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

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

Many can argue; not many converse

Many can argue; not many converse

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and...

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and...

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

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

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and...

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and...

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

The less routine the more life.

The less routine the more life.

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

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

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its...

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its...

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph...

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph...

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble...

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble...

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life...

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life...

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that...

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that...

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy....

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy....

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.