17 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Margaret Fuller

Famous As: American Journalist, Critic, Editor, and Women's Rights Advocate

Born On: 1810

Died On: 1850

Born In: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Died At Age: 40

Margaret Fuller was a prominent American critic, women’s right advocate, editor, translator, and journalist. She is renowned for her book ‘Woman in the Nineteenth Century,’ which is regarded as the foremost major feminist work in the country. She was also the first female war correspondent in the country. She was a proponent of women’s right, especially the right to employment and women’s education. We have gathered some famous sayings by Margaret Fuller, which has been curated from her journals, books, writings, thoughts and interviews. Following is a corpus of quotes by Margaret Fuller on spirituality, women, men, genius, America, feeling, history, character, experience, wisdom, purity, human, criticism, love, soul, justice, happiness, solitude, mind, slave, and more.

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Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
Margaret Fuller

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

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

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

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

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.
Nature
Margaret Fuller

There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.

There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.
Margaret Fuller

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

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

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.
Women Believe I
Margaret Fuller

I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.

I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.
I
Margaret Fuller

What a difference it makes to come home to a child!

What a difference it makes to come home to a child!
Home
Margaret Fuller

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
― Margaret Fuller

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” ― Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller

There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes.

There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes.
Life Books
Margaret Fuller

Harmony exists no less in difference than in likeness, if only the same key-note govern both parts.

Harmony exists no less in difference than in likeness, if only the same key-note govern both parts.
Margaret Fuller

I now know all the people worth knowing in America and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America and I find no intellect comparable to my own.
I
Margaret Fuller

What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind.

What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind.
Life Me Beautiful
Margaret Fuller

Let every woman, who has once begun to think, examine herself

Let every woman, who has once begun to think, examine herself
Think
Margaret Fuller

Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural.

Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural.
Margaret Fuller