Jose Marti

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

— Jose Marti

#bread #everyone #light #may #oven

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

#against #benefit #either #his #interest

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself. ↗

— Jose Marti

#cannot #child #himself #honest #honesty

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

#despite #down #fair #hills #hinder

A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots. ↗

— Jose Marti

#go #goes #man #more #radical

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

— Jose Marti

#generate #light #like #men #others

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

— Jose Marti

#every man #honest #hypocrisy #liberty #man

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

— Jose Marti

#death #glory #innate #insatiable #instinct

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

— Jose Marti

#gift #making #obligation #our #ourselves

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

#constant #earth #exercise #exists #generosity