Quotes from Jose Marti

Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to journey on his own, light of step, a spontaneous and free being.

Strength comes from waiting.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.

To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.

In a time of crisis, the peoples of the world must rush to get to know each other.

To beautify life is to give it an object.

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.

A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.

Everything that divides men, everything that separates or herds men together in categories, is a sin against humanity.

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.

Only tyranny fears the full expression of liberty.

Sola la opresión debe temer al pleno ejercicio de la libertad.

La historia de América, de los incas a acá, ha de enseñarse al dedillo, aunque no se enseñe la de los arcontes de Grecia. Nuestra Grecia es preferible a la Grecia que no es nuestra.

Por las mañanas Mi pequeñuelo Me despertaba Con un gran beso. Puesto a horcajadas Sobre mi pecho, Bridas forjaba Con mis cabellos. Ebrio él de gozo, De gozo yo ebrio, Me espoleaba Mi caballero: ¡Qué suave espuela Sus dos pies frescos! ¡Cómo reía Mi jinetuelo! Y yo besaba Sus pies pequeños, ¡Dos pies que caben En solo un beso!

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

Seule l'oppression devrait craindre l'expression complète de la liberté.