In the ardor of his enthusiasm, a youth set forth in quest of a man of whom he might take counsel as to his future, but after long search and many disappointments, he came near relinquishing the pursuit as hopeless, when suddenly it occurred to him that one must first be a man to find a man, and profiting by this suggestion, he set himself to the work of becoming himself the man he had been seeking so long and fruitlessly.

Amos Bronson Alcott


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Who knows the mind has the key to all things else.

Amos Bronson Alcott


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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.

Amos Bronson Alcott


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Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading.

Amos Bronson Alcott


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Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for wrongs real or imagined.

Amos Bronson Alcott


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Добрата книга дава плодове, раждайки други книги; нейната слава се носи от век на век, а прочитането й представлява цяла ера в живота на читателите.

Amos Bronson Alcott


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All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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The less routine the more life.

Amos Bronson Alcott


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

Amos Bronson Alcott


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