Top 15 Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes

Memory marks the horizon of our consciousness, imagination its zenith.

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

Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.

Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the few.

Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.

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

Our ideals are our better selves.

The less of routine, the more of life.

Without a mythology faith is impersonal and heartless.

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

An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best.

Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.

Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.

Many can argue, not many converse.

Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.