Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.

Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later.

Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be guided by the thought of another is like the beast led by a halter.

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime.

It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing.

No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.

Wonders encircled the world.

Careers are not made in a family business, they are born – by patricide. Then they die from neglect, and avoid the tragedy of being put out of business.

Extinction is not an event, it is a chain reaction!

Bad habits are like having a sumo wrestler in the back of your canoe rowing the opposite direction.

Motherhood is hard enough without judgement from others who don't know the whole story.

I wonder..., " she said, "if there was such a thing as time machines, would anyone ever use them to go to the future?

Challenge doesn't come to small people. Challenge comes to great people.

In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.

I think that most creative fiction involves the transformational process, whether it is Dickens or Dostoyevsky and the writer in some sense is expressing their own journey through such a wilderness.