The only way to be totally free is through education. Jose Marti More Quotes by Jose Marti More Quotes From Jose Marti I come from all places and to all places I go: I am art among the arts and mountain among mountains. I know the strange names of flowers and herbs and of fatal deceptions and magnificent griefs. In night's darkness I've seen raining down on my head pure flames, flashing rays of beauty divine. Jose Marti grief rain art Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for. Jose Marti taken rights 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 encouragement sweet love "Racist" is a confusing word, and it should be clarified. Men have no special rights simply because they belong to one race or another. When you say "men," you have already imbued them with all their rights. Jose Marti race rights men 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 beautiful inspirational life Day and night I always dream with open eyes." - José Martí Jose Marti eye dream night Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us. Jose Marti console calm book Only oppression should fear the full exercise of freedom. Jose Marti oppression should exercise This is the age in which hills can look down upon the mountains. Jose Marti mountain age looks Strength comes from waiting. Jose Marti waiting patience Man needs to suffer. When he does not have real griefs he creates them. Jose Marti grief real men 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 essence air wings Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright. Jose Marti shining humanity country In this world, there must be a certain degree of honor just as there must be a certain amount of light. When there are many men without honor, there will always be some others who bear in themselves the honor of many men. Jose Marti light honor men My poems please the brave: Jose Marti sincere steel brave Cultivo una rosa blanca, En julio como en enero, Para el amigo sincero Que me da su mano franca. Y para el cruel que me arranca El corazon con que vivo, Cardo ni oruga cultivo Cultivo una rosa blanca. I have a white rose to tend In July as in January; I give it to the true friend Who offers his frank hand to me. And to the cruel one whose blows Break the heart by which I live, Thistle nor thorn do I give: For him, too, I have a white rose. Jose Marti true-friend blow heart To Educate is to Free. Jose Marti educate Do something useful and you will have everything you want. Doors are shut for those who are dull and lazy; life is secure for those who obey the law of work. Jose Marti lazy law doors Men have no special right because they belong to one race or another: the word man defines all rights. Jose Marti race rights men It is necessary to make virtue fashionable. Jose Marti fashionable virtue