Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience. Margaret Fuller Read Quote
The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work. Margaret Fuller Read Quote
Be what you would seem to be – or, if you’d like it put more simply – a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Margaret Fuller Read Quote
We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness. Margaret Fuller Read Quote
Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth. Margaret Fuller Read Quote
Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life. Margaret Fuller Read Quote
I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own. Margaret Fuller Read Quote
It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence; she is born for Truth and Love in their universal energy. Margaret Fuller Read Quote
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. Margaret Fuller Read Quote