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The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
Philosopher
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Bronson Alcott
Divine
Head
Alone
Best
Heart
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There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.
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Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.
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Right is the royal ruler alone and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.
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A happy childhood is the pledge of a ripe manhood.
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Every noble life becomes a revelation of the spirit which the love and joy of mankind cannot let perish from remembrance.
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly, nor need we but love them devotedly to become members of an immortal fraternity, superior to accident or change.
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Our favorites are few since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.
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Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.
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Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.
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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
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Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.
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The mind is fast emancipating itself from the dominion of man and of matter. It has let loose fearful forces on the world.
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A good book is fruitful of other books it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers.
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Conversation is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons.
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Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.
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As education becomes inclusive, introspective, cosmic, promoting whole populations to power and privilege, it enthrones a vast, invisible, personal rule over the common mind.
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Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.
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Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.
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