José Martí

“When there are many men without decorum, there are always others who have in them the decorum of many men.”

“A grain of poetry is good for settling the world.”

“A man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes.”

“I have lived in the monster and I know its entrails; and my sling is the sling of David.”

“Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.”

“To see a crime in silence is to commit it.”

“Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.”

“Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.”

“We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created by the people.”

“Every human being has a right to be educated, and in return, the duty to contribute to the education of others.”

“All is beautiful and honest, and therefore all is true.”

“A child, from the time he can think, should think about everything he sees.”

“The first duty of a man is to think for himself.”

“One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.”

“I cultivate a white rose, in July as in January, for the sincere friend who gives me his frank hand.”

“Like stones, men need to be polished.”

“Charm is a product of the unexpected.”

“The best way to say is to do.”