Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame. Jose Rizal More Quotes by Jose Rizal More Quotes From Jose Rizal Spain, must we some day tell Filipinas that thou hast no ear for her woes and that if she wishes to be saved she must redeem herself? Jose Rizal wishes she some day China will consider herself fortunate if she succeeds in keeping herself intact and is not dismembered or partitioned among the European powers that are colonizing the continent of Asia. Jose Rizal she will fortunate china The Filipino embraces civilization and lives and thrives in every clime, in contact with every people. Jose Rizal filipino contact civilization people To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence, it would be to doubt everything; and then what is life for? Jose Rizal own god doubt life The batteries are gradually becoming charged, and if the prudence of the government does not provide an outlet for the currents that are accumulating, some day the spark will be generated. Jose Rizal spark will day government The Spaniard is gallant and patriotic, and sacrifices everything, in favorable moments, for his country's good. He has the intrepidity of his bull. Jose Rizal everything good moments country Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows, and necessity is the resultant of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces. Jose Rizal necessity physical powerful world