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

Quote by Amos Bronson Alcott

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Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our ideals are our better selves.

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.

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...

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

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

Many can argue; not many converse

Many can argue; not many converse

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.

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...

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...