Rizal Quotes

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

Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.

I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.

He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.

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 not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the men who are honest.

I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan Crisostomo Ibarra

I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them.

Walang mang-aalipin kung walang paaalipin.

There are no tyrants if there are no slaves

The people do not complain because they have no voice; do not move because they are lethargic, and you say that they do not suffer because you have not seen their hearts bleed.

To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness!

Apa pun yang terjadi di masa lalu, yang aku lihat dari kamu adalah masa depan.

Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn.

Nalilimot ng bawat isa sa inyo na habang napag-iingatan ang isang bayan ang kaniyang wika, napag-iingatan din nito ang katibayan ng kaniyang paglaya, katulad ng pagpapanatili ng isang tao sa kaniyang kasarinlan, upang mapanatili niya ang kaniyang sariling paraan ng pag-iisip. Ang wika ang pag-iisip ng bayan.

It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.

How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra. "Almost seven years." "Then you have probably forgotten all about it." "Quite the contrary. Even if my country does seem to have forgotten me, I have always thought about it.

For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church.

Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience.

As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct.

Walang maitutugon ang wika sa tanong ng pag-ibig buhat sa isang sulyap na kumikislap o palihim. Sa halip, sumasagot ang ngiti, ang halik, o ang bugtonghininga.

Harusnya manusia dinilai dari apa yang dia lakukan pada orang lain, bukan pada dirinya sendiri semata.

The example could encourage others who only fear to start.

Rizal learned the right ideas at the wrong time, and for this he was shot.

The glory of saving a country doesn't mean having to use the measures that contributed to its ruin!

Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.

...genius knows no country, genius sprouts anywhere, genius is like light, air. the patrimony of everybody, cosmopolitan like space, like life, like God.

Upang matawag na isang dakilang kritiko, wala nang hihigit pa sa pagpapamalas ng kawalang-kasiyahan sa lahat ng bagay.

The righteous man pays the sinner's bill.

Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?

Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who comes as a stranger to make his fortune and leave afterwards.

Naglalaho sa loob ng klase ang mga hadlang na itinatayo ng politika upang hatiin ang mga lahi, natutunaw wari sa alab ng kaalaman at kabataan.

The whys and wherefores didn’t need to be said. If you are reading this have ever loved someone, you will understand. Putting it into words is useless. The uninitiated cannot understand the mysterious.

Kapag may mga uban na po akong tulad ng sa inyo at ginugunita ang nakaraan at makita kong gumawa ako alang-alang sa sarili lamang, hindi ginhawa ang magagawa't nararapat gawin ukol sa bayang nagbigay sa akin ng lahat, ukol sa mga mamamayang tumutulong sa aking mabuhay, kapag nagkagayon po, magiging tinik sa akin ang bawat uban, at sa halip na ikaliwalhati ko'y dapat kong ikahiya.

A historian can never claim to have the last word on anything as he is limited by his sources and further so by his viewpoint.

Tapi aku nggak sempurna. Aku cuma manusia biasa. Banyak banget kekurangan-kekurangan aku yang kamu nggak tahu," ujar Mawar. Aku menatapnya sambil tersenyum. "I'll take risk, then.

Filipinos are not a reading people, and despite the compulsory course on the life and works of Rizal today, from the elementary to the university levels, it is accepted that the 'Noli me Tangere' and 'El Filibusterismo' are highly regarded but seldom read (if not totally ignored). Therefore one asks, how can unread novels exert any influence?

I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them.

Who says history is stagnant? For a historian, facts do not change; it is the way we look at things, our interpretations, that are always changing. This is what makes history exciting - that we can always find something new in what is old.

Napakatamis ng tubig at naiinom, bagaman lumulunod sa alak at serbesa at pumapatay sa apoy. Nagiging singaw ito kapag pinainitan; kapag naligalig, nagiging karagatan na minsan nang pumuksa sa sangkatauhan at yumanig sa dibdib ng mundo.

Sometimes it pays not to be interested in what happened but in what did not happen.

I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others.

A lie among the stars Is a comfortable lie.

Our young people think about nothing more than love affairs and pleasure. They spend more time attempting to seduce and dishonor young women than in thinking about their country's welfare. Our women, in order to take care of the house and family of God, forget their own. Our men limit their activities to vice and their heroics to shameful acts. Children wake up in a fog of routine, adolescents live out their best years without ideals, and their elders are sterile, and only serve to corrupt our young people by their example.

.... kamu tahu sempurna itu apa? .... Sempurna adalah Sylvester makan Tweety. Begitu Sylvester nyantap si burung kuning itu, maka semua perjuangan selesai, dan usahanya itu berakhir seempurna .... saat semuanya berakhir sempurna, serial Tweety-nya tamat.

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

There are no tyrants if there are no slaves.

Ano sa makatwid ang isang Unibersidad? Isang institusyon para hindi matuto? Nagtitipon-tipon ba ang ilang tao sa ngalan ng kaalaman at pagtuturo para hadlangang matuto ang iba?

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all." -Dr. Jose Rizal

We make Rizal in our own image and likeness. Our image of Rizal is usually formed or deformed in school through numerous biographies with flattering titles.

Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines.

A revolution, woven in the dim light of mystery, has kept me from you. Another revolution will return me to your arms, bring me back to life.

Khun melamun lagi? Jangan terlalu banyak melamun. Di Bangkok banyak hantu. Nanti Khun kerasukan.” Aku udah kerasukan, kok. Dirimu ada di hatiku. Itu sudah satu kerasukan yang kualami.

No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again.

But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good, would we be guilty if we prevented them from doing us evil?

selama daun pagi itu masih mengembun, aku mengemban tetimbunan rindu di paru-paru dan seluruh pori-pori kulit, kurakit doa-doa selamatmu dari sakit dan sebab rindu-rindu ini sulit kuredam, padamu, doaku tak pernah padam.

People believe that madness is when you don't think as they do, which is why they take me for a madman.

What said those two souls communicating through the language of the eyes, more perfect than that of the lips, the language given to the soul in order that sound may not mar the ecstasy of feeling? In such moments, when the thoughts of two happy beings penetrate into each other’s souls through the eyes, the spoken word is halting, rude, and weak—it is as the harsh, slow roar of the thunder compared with the rapidity of the dazzling lightning flash, expressing feelings already recognized, ideas already understood, and if words are made use of it is only because the heart’s desire, dominating all the being and flooding it with happiness, wills that the whole human organism with all its physical and psychical powers give expression to the song of joy that rolls through the soul. To the questioning glance of love, as it flashes out and then conceals itself, speech has no reply; the smile, the kiss, the sigh answer.

Ang dalisay na hanging ito at ang mga batong itong napakalilinis ay mapupuno ng karbon, ng mga kahon at bariles, ng mga bunga ng sipag ng tao.

The God they preach about is pure invention, a trick. They're the first ones to not believe in Him!

Jangan salahkan hujan saat ia turun dan membuatmu pilu sebab rindu. Hujan sudah menanggung rindu yang lebih berat dan banyaknya melebihi rintiknya sendiri.

When a people holds onto its language, it holds onto a semblance of freedom, like a man who holds onto his independence when he retains his own way of thinking. Language is the thought of a people.

Rizal" is a compulsory course in school, but few teachers make Rizal's novels interesting. If students are taught to enjoy Rizal's works as literature instead of as a lodemine of 'patriotic' allusions I am sure they would not mind reading and rereading the 'Noli me Tangere'.

In the Philippines you are not considered to be honorable unless you have been to jail.

Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it.

I fear for my books.

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!

Ang poot walang nililikha kundi mga dambuhala, mga kasamaan, mga salarin. Tanging ang tunay na pag-ibig lamang ang nakakalikha ng mga bagay na tunay na kahanga-hanga.

Selamat pagi, kekasih. semalam aku menulis puisi di luar angkasa. Ternyata tempat terbaik menulis puisi bukanlah disana, namun di ruang rindu yang kau cipta setiap kali aku mendoakanmu.

Nasa isip ng lahat na ang gobyerno, bilang isang institusyong likha ng tao, ay nangangailangan ng tulong ng lahat, nangangailangan ito ng magpapakita at magpapaalam sa mga tunay na pangyayari.

Sebiru-birunya biru langit, tak ada yang lebih biru dari menerima rasa sakit. Semerah-merahnya merah darah, tak ada yang lebih merah dari menahan segala amarah. aku mencintai-Mu tanpa warna, sebab Kau lebih berwarna dari segala warna

....let her be loved not only for her beauty and amiable character, but also for her strength of mind and loftiness of purpose, which enliven and raise the feeble and the timid and ward off all vain thoughts. Let her be the pride of her country and let her command respect.

In every instance I noted that a people’s prosperity or misery lay in direct proportion to its freedom or its inhibitions and, along the same lines, of the sacrifice or selfishness of its ancestors.

Even a quick reading of Rizal's trial will prove that those who take Constantino's works uncritically are likewise guilty of "Veneration Without Understanding." Since there is so much fiction and faction in history it is always essential to return to the sources.

Ang sagot sa dahas ay dahas, kapag bingi sa katuwiran.

We must win when we deserve it, by elevating reason and the dignity of the individual, loving justice and the good and the great, even dying for it.

Kau tak perlu menerima kehadiran mereka, tapi biarkan mereka hadir karena kita tak bisa menghakimi apa yang mereka lakukkan".

When a people is denied light, home, freedom, justice, all the good things without which life is not possible, and which constitute man's patrimony, a person has the right to deal with the people who despoil him, like a thief who assaults us in the roadway. No qualifications, no exceptions.

Nawalan muli ng isang oras ang buhay ng bawat kabataan, saka isang bahagi ng kaniyang karangalan at paggalang sa sarili, at kapalit ang paglaki sa kalooban ng panghihina ng loob, ng paglalaho ng hilig sa pag-aaral, at pagdaramdam sa loob ng dibdib.

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great deal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.

Mga mamamayan din ang mga bumubuo ng gobyerno at sila ang higit na nakapag-aral.' 'Ngunit tulad po ng ibang tao, nagkakamali kaya hindi dapat maging bingi sa kuro-kuro ng iba.

But fidelity to language is often infidelity to thought.

I was to discover that like the overcoat that snugly wraps Rizal in all his statues and photographs, Rizal is obscured by countless myths and preconceived ideas... Without his overcoat, Rizal was human, like you and me.

Ilang dantaon po mula ngayon, kapag naliwanagan at natubos na ang sangkatauhan, kapag wala nang mga lahi, kapag malaya na ang lahat ng mga bayan, kapag wala nang nang-aalipin at napaaalipin, mga kolonya at mga metropolis, kapag naghahari na ang iisang katarungan at ang bawat isa'y mamamayan na ng daigdig, tanging ang pagsampalataya po sa siyensiya ang malalabi. Magiging singkahulugan ng bulag na pagsamba ang patriyotismo at sinumang magmagaling na nagtataglay ng katangiang ito ay walang alinlangang ibibilanggo na tulad ng isang may nakahahawang sakit, isang manliligalig sa kaayusang lipunan.

Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?

Where are the young who must dedicate their roseate hours, their illusions and enthusiasm to the good of the country? Where are they who must generously spill their blood to wash away so much shame, so many crimes, so much abomination? Pure and spotless must be the victim for the holocaust to be acceptable. Where are you, you children who must embody the vigor of life that has fled from your veins, the purity of ideas that has become in our minds and the fire of enthusiasm that has gone out in our hearts? We await you, Oh youth! Come, we await you!

Aku orangnya perfeksionis dan efisien. Melamun pun harus dirancang sedemikian rupa.

Night favors belief, and the imagination peoples the air with specters.

Aku masih menyapamu setiap senja sebagaimana kau menyapaku dulu; kekasih. Namun kepergianmu membuat senja tak lagi sama. Bahkan puisiku jua.

Tanyalah pada angin, apakah ia bisa patah hati? Sejauh ini ia tak pernah menjawabnya. Tanyalah aku, bisakah aku patah hati? Sejauh ini kau membuatku seperti angin.

It is safe to say that poetry cannot be translated.

Mungkin dia anak alay," kata Leila. "Anak alay kalau bikin Facebook namanya suka dihias-hias. Mungkin aja namanya Edyta Chayyankdiiaaclaaluu Muachmuach." Aku mengernyitkan alis dan menatap Facebook Leila. Namanya: Miss Leila MostBeautifulStewardessInTheWorld

Indonesia adalah sebuah republik yang didirikan oleh para pejuang kemerdekaan, cendekiawan, wartawan, dan aktivis politik yang sangat yakin bahwa kapitalisme adalah faktor utama di balik penindasan dan kekuasaan sistem kolonial. Mereka umumnya sangat nasionalis. Tokoh-tokoh yang paling menonjol di kalangan pejuang muda kemerdekaan ini, seperti Soekarno, Sutan Sjahrir, dan Tan Malaka, sangat dipengaruhi oleh berbagai gagasan kiri di Eropa pada tahun 1920-an dan 1930-an. Bahkan tokoh-tokoh yang paling terdidik secara profesional dalam ilmu ekonomi di antara mereka, sepert Mohammad Hatta atau Prof Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, pendiri fakultas Ekonomi UI, atau tokoh yang memiliki pengalaman praktis dalam dunia administrasi ekonomi, seperti Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, tidak terbebas dari pengaruh demikian.

Filipinos have an aversion to blank walls.

Pinag-uusapan siya ng lahat dahil mayaman... Bumabalik ang mga sundalo mula sa mga kampanya, may sakit at sugatan, ngunit walang dumadalaw sa kanila!

Ang mga henyong ipinapalagay ng mga karaniwang tao na nauna sa kanilang panahon ay nagmistulang gayon sapagkat tinatanaw ng mga humahatol mula sa malayo o napagkakamalang isang buong siglo ang buntot na tinatahak ng mga naiwanan.

She was white, perhaps too white. Her eyes, which were almost always cast down, when she raised them testified to the purest of souls, and when she smiled, revealing her small, white teeth, one might be tempted to say that a rose is merely a plant, and ivory just an elephant’s tusk.

If we cannot agree on what was important yesterday, what more on events that happened a hundred or three hundred years ago? The point here is that history is open ended and we cannot be sure about the past. So why study history? Because it teaches us to see the connections between events. Knowing how and why a certain event happened is helpful because in many cases people separated by time and place can sometimes be in similar situations. They can be mentally contemporaneous without knowing it. History gives us hindsight.

Napakaraming magaling na bagay ang dapat uliranin ng Pilipinas sa Amerika. Sa kasamaang palad, tulad ng ipinangamba ni Rizal, and unang pinulot ay ang masasamang halimbawa, ang mga bisyo at kahinaan. Tinangka ng karamihang Pilipino na magbuhay-Amerikano sa wika, sa damit, sa kilos at ugali, gayong ito’y hindi maaari kalian pa man. Pilit na ipinatatakwil sa kabataan ang huwad ng gaslaw at ikot ng sa banyaga, walang nais panoorin kundi mga laro, pelikula at ibang libangang dayuhan, walang nais basahin kundi mga babasahing sinulat ng dayo at limbag sa labas ng Pilipinas. Saan patutungo ang kabataang may ganitong kamulatan?

Countrymen: I have given proofs, as well as the best of you, of desiring liberty for our country, and I continue to desire it. But I place as a premise the education of the people, so that by means of instruction and work they may have a personality of their own and that they may make themselves worthy of that same liberty. In my writings I have recommended the study of the civic virtues, without which there can be no redemption. I have also written (and my words have been repeated) that reforms, to be fruitful, must come from above, that those which spring from below are uncertain and insecure movements. Imbued with these ideas, I cannot do less than condemn, and I do condemn, this absurd, savage rebellion, planned behind my back, which dishonors the Filipinos and discredits those who can speak for us. I abominate all criminal actions and refuse any kind of participation in them, pitying with all my heart the dupes who have allowed themselves to be deceived. Go back, then, to your homes, and may God forgive those who have acted in bad faith.