Muse who in the past inspired me to sing of the throes of love: Go and repose. What I need is a sword, rivers of gold, and acrid prose.
Jose Rizal
muses repose
No one has a monopoly of the true God, nor is there a nation or religion that can claim, or at any rate prove, that it has been given the exclusive right to the Creator or sole knowledge of His Being.
rights nations religion
I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors; Where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God.
faith
We want the happiness of the Philippines, but we want to obtain it through noble and just means. If I have to commit villainy to make her happy, I would refuse to do so, because I am sure that what is built on sand sooner or later would tumble down.
happiness
To live is to be among men, and to be among men is to struggle, a struggle not only with them but with oneself; with their passions, but also with one's own.
men
To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence it would be to doubt everything.
doubt conscience
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
opportunity
It breaks immortality's neck Contemplates crime and therefore halts it; It humbles barbarous nations And makes of savages, champions.
crime nations
Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows--it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.
force results necessity
Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.
victory products
Virtue lies in the middle ground.
virtues
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