I believe in revelation, but not in revelation which each religion claims to possess, but in the living revelation which surrounds us on every side - mighty, eternal, unceasing, incorruptible, clear, distinct, universal as is the being from whom it proceeds, in that revelation which speaks to us and penetrates us from the moment we are born until we die.

The appetite is sharpened by the first bites.

Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.

The example could encourage others who only fear to start.

There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra. "Almost seven years." "Then you have probably forgotten all about it." "Quite the contrary. Even if my country does seem to have forgotten me, I have always thought about it.

The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.