These people have no religion, neither are they idolaters, but are a very gentle race, without the knowledge of any iniquity; they neither kill, nor steal, nor carry weapons… they have a knowledge that there is a God above, and are firmly persuaded that we have come from heaven. – Christopher Columbus
Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. – Christopher Columbus
These people are very unskilled in arms… with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished. – Christopher Columbus
For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. – Christopher Columbus
When we look on the characters of man and woman, we cannot but perceive that neither is perfect by itself, but that each needs the other for its perfection…. Hence the one must be softened by tender emotions, and the other strengthened by firmness. – Frederick A. Rauch, Psychology; or, A View of the Human Soul: Including Anthropo