Where the heart is the mind works best.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSimple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Many argue; not many converse.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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