Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving.

We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.

No man stops caring as long as he breathes. As long as he has a mind and memory, he will care. This is what separates us from the animals. We have feelings.

Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face.

You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in the end, our worst enemy is ourselves

In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a notebook. I always stayed in the houses of Moros.

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japans brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.

We are shallow because we are mayabang, ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.

She was benediction, a touch of faith, life itself coursing through my veins collapsed in age and turmoil, and to my fatigued and weary heart, a new and vibrant throb.

A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open...quiet mind

My heart is my temple and with it I can see and hear Truth. My heart is my conscience and Truth is God.

There are two types of hurdles. Difficulty and Challenge. What we face, depends on whether or not we love what we do

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

There are idiots in every crowd.

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing.

Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

As soon as people decide to confront a problem, they realize that they are far more capable than they thought they were.

Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.

Have Liverpool done too much tinkering and tailoring with the system?