Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.
Margaret Fuller

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
Margaret Fuller

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
Margaret Fuller

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.
Margaret Fuller

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance.
Margaret Fuller

A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.
Margaret Fuller

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.
Margaret Fuller

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.
Margaret Fuller