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.

Quote by Jose Marti

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

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

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets...

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets...

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

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

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is...

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is...

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and...

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and...

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

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

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble...

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble...

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should...

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should...

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

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

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

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

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

Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud...

Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud...

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

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

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts...

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts...

A selfish man is a thief.

A selfish man is a thief.

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering,...

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering,...

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to...

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to...

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in...

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in...