I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.
For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church.
Pure intuitive faith differs as much from fanaticism as fire from smoke, or music from mere noise; those who confuse the two are like the deaf.
The example could encourage others who only fear to start.
He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.
I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan Crisostomo Ibarra
I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others.
Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?
I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land. You who have it to see, welcome it … and forget not those who have fallen during the night!
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.