Quotes from José Martä

I wish to leave the worldBy its natural door;In my tomb of green leavesThey are to carry me to die.Do not put me in the darkTo die like a traitor;I am good, and like a good thingI will die with my face to the sun.

Mankind is composed of two sorts of men—those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy.

A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.

Only those who hate the Negro see hatred in the Negro.

I have lived in the monster [the United States] and I know its insides; and my sling is the sling of David.