Genius–the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTIf the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them — structures which neither Plato nor Archimedes had dreamed possible.
More Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes
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A work of real merit finds favor at last.
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Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
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While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
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Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression
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Fullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only.
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One’s outlook is a part of his virtue.
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Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.
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Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
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The richest minds need not large libraries.
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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
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Every dogma embodies some shade of truth to give it seeming currency.
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My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author’s portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.
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One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.
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The passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own; hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy and mob rule.
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There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.
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