Amos Bronson alcott

“Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.” (Table Talk, 1877)

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

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

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

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

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

“The less of routine, the more of life.”

“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.”

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