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Jose Marti Quotes

A selfish man is a thief.

– Jose Marti

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.

– Jose Marti

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.

– Jose Marti

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

– Jose Marti

Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.

– Jose Marti

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.

– Jose Marti

We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

– Jose Marti

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

– Jose Marti

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.

– Jose Marti

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

– Jose Marti

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 and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from.

– Jose Marti

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

– Jose Marti

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

– Jose Marti

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

– Jose Marti

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.

– Jose Marti

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.

– Jose Marti

Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.

– Jose Marti

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.

– Jose Marti

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.

– Jose Marti

Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.

– Jose Marti

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

– Jose Marti

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

– Jose Marti

To give one’s life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.

– Jose Marti

The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.

– Jose Marti

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour.

– Jose Marti

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

– Jose Marti