Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

Friar! What a strange name. I don't remember having created such a thing!

God has made man a cosmopolite. He created seas for ships to glide on, the wind to push them, and the stars to guide them even in darkest night.

Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.

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

I believe in revelation, but not in revelation which each religion claims to possess, but in the living revelation which surrounds us on every side - mighty, eternal, unceasing, incorruptible, clear, distinct, universal as is the being from whom it proceeds, in that revelation which speaks to us and penetrates us from the moment we are born until we die.

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.