All is beautiful and unceasing,
all is music and reason,
and all, like diamond,
is carbon first, then light.


I (Yo soy un hombre sincero) as translated by Esther Allen in José Martí : Selected Writings (2002), p. 275 - Simple Verses (1891)

José Martí Quotes

All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.

All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.

All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.

All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.