I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land. You who have it to see, welcome it--and forget not those who have fallen during the night! (Noli Me Tangere) Dr. Jose P. Rizal More Quotes by Dr. Jose P. Rizal More Quotes From Dr. Jose P. Rizal Man is multiplied by the "number of languages" he possesses and speaks. (Los Viajes!) Dr. Jose P. Rizal No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed. Dr. Jose P. Rizal Today is Christmas Eve. Whether or not Christ was born exactly on this date is not important. But chronological accuracy has nothing to do with tonight's event. A grand genius had been born who preached truth and love; who suffered because of his mission; and on account of his sufferings the world has become better, if not saved. Only it gives me nausea to see how some people abuse his name to commit numerous crimes. If he is in heaven, he will certainly protest! (24 December 1886) Dr. Jose P. Rizal Fame to be sweet must resound in the ears of those we love, in the atmosphere of the land that will guard our ashes. Fame should hover over our tomb to warm with its heat the chill of death, so that we may not be completely reduced to nothingness, that something of us may survive! (Noli Me Tangere) Dr. Jose P. Rizal It breaks immortality's neck. Contemplates crime and therefore halts it; It humbles barbarous nations, And makes of savages, champions! ("Por La Education") Dr. Jose P. Rizal The world laughs at another man's pain. Dr. Jose P. Rizal There are no tyrants where there are no slaves. (El Filibusterismo) Dr. Jose P. Rizal No, let us not make God in our image, poor inhabitants that we are of a distant planet lost in infinite space. However brilliant and sublime our intelligence may be, it is scarcely more than a small spark which shines and in an instant is extinguished, and it alone can give us no idea of that blaze, that conflagration, that ocean of light! Dr. Jose P. Rizal Fate presented itself to some like a chinese fan--one side black, the other side gilded with flowers. (Noli Me Tangere) Dr. Jose P. Rizal Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all! Dr. Jose P. Rizal Each one writes history according to his convenience. Dr. Jose P. Rizal Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction. Dr. Jose P. Rizal Little learning is dangerous. Dr. Jose P. Rizal One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again. Dr. Jose P. Rizal People don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice. Dr. Jose P. Rizal Not all were asleep during the night of our forefathers! (Noli Me Tangere) Dr. Jose P. Rizal Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later. Dr. Jose P. Rizal Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds. Dr. Jose P. Rizal The Filipino loves his country no less than the Spaniard does his, and although he is quieter, more peaceful and with more difficulty stirred up, once aroused he does not hesitate and for him the struggle means death to the finish. He has both the meekness and ferocity of the carabao. Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds. Dr. Jose P. Rizal Believing in accidents is like believing in miracles--both presuppose that God does not know the future. (Noli Me Tángere) Dr. Jose P. Rizal
