Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.
Margaret FullerI am 'too fiery'... yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything.
Margaret FullerWith the intellect I always have always shall overcome, but that is not the half of the work. The life, the life Oh my God! shall the life never be sweet!
Margaret FullerUnion is only possible to those who are units. To be fit for relations in time, souls, whether of man or woman, must be able to do without them in the spirit.
Margaret FullerOur friends should be our incentives to right, but not only our guiding, but our prophetic, stars. To love by right is much, to love by faith is more; both are the entire love, without which heart, mind, and soul cannot be alike satisfied. We love and ought to love one another, not merely for the absolute worth of each, but on account of a mutual fitness of temporary character.
Margaret Fuller