Christopher Columbus — "I believe that this is the Earthly Paradise."

"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."

"I found that part of the island towards the south to be all in tail like a woman’s leg."

"They are so simple, that they believe that all the world and all the people are in heaven, and that they come from there, and that they are the first that ever came from there, and that they are the f…"

"I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown."

"No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service."