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

Quote by Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Life Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Thought Quotes

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.

The less routine the more life.

The less routine the more life.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our ideals are our better selves.

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...

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...

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

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

Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides.

Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and...

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and...

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

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

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter...

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter...

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He...

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He...

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

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

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

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...

Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.

Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.