José Martí Quotes

To help those in need is not only part of duty, but of happiness.

We seek solidarity not as an end but as a means to ensure that our America fulfills its universal mission.

One who has a right does not obtain the right to violate others' in order to maintain their own.

The barbarians who rely on force and violence for everything build nothing, because their seeds are of hatred.

Men are like stars, some give light from within themselves, and others shine with the light they receive.

Language must be mathematical, geometric, sculptural. The idea must fit exactly into the sentence, so precisely that nothing can be taken away from the sentence without removing the same from the idea.

The well-being of many is preferable to the opulence of a few.

My job is to sing everything beautiful, to ignite enthusiasm for everything noble, to admire and make others admire everything great.

The earth was made for a pedestal, not a tomb, since it lies at our feet.

Rights are taken, not requested; they are seized, not begged for.

The only autograph worthy of a man is the one he leaves written with his works.

Men are divided into two camps: those who love and build, those who hate and destroy.