Top 15 Quotes of Christopher Columbus
Life has more imagination than we carry in our dreams.
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions,
one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.
It is easy to discover what another has discovered before.
Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent.
Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others.
Riches don't make a man rich.
They only make him busier.
These people are very unskilled in arms with 50 men.
They could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior,
if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.
Tomorrow morning, before we depart,
I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood.
With gold, a man can do anything.
It even sends souls to paradise.
For this purpose,
I determined to keep an account of the voyage
and to write down punctually everything we performed or saw from day to day,
as will hereafter appear.
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world
and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
For the execution of the voyage to the Indies,
I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.
Following the light of the sun,
we left the old world.
It is hoped that by God's assistance,
some of the continents in the ocean will be discovered for the glory of God.
© transcript Emily Beynon