Citáty José Rizal
„No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.“
Letter to the Young Women of Malolos
„The world laughs at another man's pain.“
"Song of the Wanderer", st.8 - translated by Nick Joaquin.
„Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.“
Toast to the artists Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo: Madrid, Spain (25 June 1884)
„Each one writes history according to his convenience.“
Letter to Blumentritt, written at Leipzig,(22 August 1886)
„; Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?“
— José Rizal, kniha El Filibusterismo
El Filibusterismo
„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.“
"The Philippines: A Century Hence" in La Solidaridad (1889-90) - translated from the Spanish by Charles Derbyshire
„Death has always been the first sign of European civilization when introduced in the Pacific.“
Annotations to Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
„To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence it would be to doubt everything.“
Letter to Fr. Pastells (4 April 1893)
„; You must shatter the vase to spread its perfume, and smite the rock to get the spark.“
— José Rizal, kniha El Filibusterismo
El Filibusterismo
