Life is richly worth living, with its continual revelations of mighty woe, yet infinite hope; and I take it to my breast. Margaret Fuller More Quotes by Margaret Fuller More Quotes From Margaret Fuller Give me truth; cheat me by no illusion. Margaret Fuller illusion truth giving Not one man, in the million, shall I say? no, not in the hundred million, can rise above the belief that woman was made for man. Margaret Fuller belief rise-above men Some degree of expression is necessary for growth, but it should be little in proportion to the full life. Margaret Fuller degrees growth expression Everywhere the fatal spirit of imitation, of reference to European standards, penetrates and threatens to blight whatever of original growth might adorn the soil. Margaret Fuller soil growth might Tremble not before the free man, but before the slave who has chains to break. Margaret Fuller slave break men The persons whom you have idolized can never, in the end, be ungrateful, and, probably, at the time of retreat they still do justice to your heart. But, so long as you must draw persons too near you, a temporary recoil is sure to follow. It is the character striving to defend itself from a heating and suffocating action upon it. Margaret Fuller heart character long I find no intellect comparable to my own Margaret Fuller intellect my-own There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman. Margaret Fuller masculine-and-feminine two-sides men I stand in the sunny noon of life. Objects no longer glitter in the dews of morning, neither are yet softened by the shadows of evening. Margaret Fuller shadow courage morning Preparations are good in life, prologues ruinous. Margaret Fuller prologue preparation The life of the soul is incalculable. Margaret Fuller soul If any individual live too much in relations, so that he becomes a stranger to the resources of his own nature, he falls, after a while, into a distraction, or imbecility, from which he can only be cured by a time of isolation, which gives the renovating fountains time to rise up. Margaret Fuller solitude giving fall We cannot have expression till there is something to be expressed. Margaret Fuller expression Who does not observe the immediate glow and security that is diffused over the life of woman, before restless or fretful, by engaging in gardening, building, or the lowest department of art? Here is something that is not routine--something that draws forth life towards the infinite. Margaret Fuller gardening doe art There is some danger lest there be no real religion in the heart which craves too much daily sympathy. Margaret Fuller real heart sympathy there is such a rebound from parental influence that it generally seems that the child makes use of the directions given by the parent only to avoid the prescribed path. Margaret Fuller parent use children The critic is beneath the maker, but is his needed friend. The critic is not a base caviler, but the younger brother of genius. Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty. And of making others appreciate it. Margaret Fuller appreciate genius brother Truth is the nursing mother of genius. Margaret Fuller nursing genius mother Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. Margaret Fuller recognition vanity beloved 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 fire house home
