“We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.””
Quotes by José Martí
“Cultivo una rosa blanca,En julio como en enero,Para el amigo sinceroQue me da su mano franca.Y para el cruel que me arrancaEl corazon con que vivo,Cardo ni oruga cultivoCultivo una rosa blanca.I have a white rose to tendIn July as in January;I give it to the true friendWho offers his frank hand to me.And to the cruel one whose blowsBreak the heart by which I live,Thistle nor thorn do I give:For him, too, I have a white rose.””
“Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)””
“To Educate is to Free.””
“El amor, madre, a la patriano es el amor ridículo a la tierra,ni a la yerba que pisan nuestras plantas;Es el odio invencible a quien la oprime,es el rencor eterno a quien la ataca””
“A good soul on earth hurts very much.””
“Yo vengo de todas partes,Y hacia todas partes voy””
José Martí was a Cuban writer, poet, and revolutionary who played a pivotal role in the fight for Cuban independence from Spanish rule. Born in Havana, he displayed literary talent from a young age, p...