Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

Quote by Margaret Fuller

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Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence;...

It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence;...

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact...

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact...

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.

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

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

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out...

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out...

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the...

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the...

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and...

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and...

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact...

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to...

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to...

It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be...

It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect...

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect...

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.

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.

For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life.

For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life.