Margaret Fuller Quotes
Margaret Fuller was a 19th-century American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate, the first major figure of American feminist political thought and a central figure of the Transcendentalist movement. She edited The Dial, the principal Transcendentalist journal, from 1840 to 1842, and served as the literary critic of the New-York Tribune from 1844, becoming the first full-time book reviewer in American journalism. The quotes below are attributed to Margaret Fuller, organized by topic.
Margaret Fuller on Freedom
-
Attributed to Margaret Fuller:
“Let them be sea-captains, if you will.”
-
Attributed to Margaret Fuller:
“What woman needs is not as a woman to act or rule, but as a nature to grow, as an intellect to discern, as a soul to live freely and unimpeded.”
Margaret Fuller on Knowledge
-
Attributed to Margaret Fuller:
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”
-
Attributed to Margaret Fuller:
“Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot.”
-
Attributed to Margaret Fuller:
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
Margaret Fuller on Life
-
Attributed to Margaret Fuller:
“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.”
Margaret Fuller on Love
-
Attributed to Margaret Fuller:
“We need not give up our peculiarities, our characteristic differences, in order to be one.”
Margaret Fuller on Virtue
-
Attributed to Margaret Fuller:
“Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.”