Amos Bronson Alcott - Thought Quotes

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Thought means life, since those who do not think do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.

Amos Bronson Alcott

One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.

Amos Bronson Alcott

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though perception is necessary to profitable reading; and the less reading is better than more; — book-struck men are of all readers least wise, however knowing or learned.

Amos Bronson Alcott

The finer literature, indeed, is characterized by a certain suffusion of the feminine flavor, the finer, the more ideal, thought plumed with sentiment; even science loves to spring from its feet, philosophy affect the clouds to inspire and edify.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Hold fast, therefore, O circular philosopher, to thy centre, and drive the globe along its orbit by the momentum of thy thought.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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

Amos Bronson Alcott