About Amos Bronson Alcott:
Amos Bronson Alcott was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He hoped to perfect the human spirit and, to that end, advocated a vegan diet before the term was coined. He was also an abolitionist and an advocate for women's rights.
Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
Amos Bronson AlcottObservation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
Amos Bronson AlcottThat is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
Amos Bronson AlcottOur friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
Amos Bronson Alcott