To live is to be among men, and to be among men is to struggle, a struggle not only with them but with oneself; with their passions, but also with one’s own. — Jose Rizal

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. — Jose Rizal

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

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. — Jose Rizal

The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others. — Jose Rizal

Friar! What a strange name. I don’t remember having created such a thing! — Jose Rizal

Law has no skin, reason has no nostrils. — Jose Rizal

Hold high the brow serene, O youth, where now you stand; Let the bright sheen Of your grace be seen, Fair hope of my fatherland! — Jose Rizal

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. — Jose Rizal

The appetite is sharpened by the first bites. — Jose Rizal

I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors; where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God. — Jose Rizal

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. — Jose Rizal

Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction. — Jose Rizal

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. — Jose Rizal

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

The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin. — Jose Rizal

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty. — Jose Rizal

Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be guided by the thought of another is like the beast led by a halter. — Jose Rizal

Virtue lies in the middle ground. — Jose Rizal

Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows–it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces. — Jose Rizal

To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness! — Jose Rizal

To doubt God is to doubt one’s own conscience, and in consequence it would be to doubt everything. — Jose Rizal

The world laughs at another man’s pain. — Jose Rizal

Dying people don’t need medicine, the ones who remain do. — Jose Rizal

He who would love much has also much to suffer. — Jose Rizal

Who does not love his own tongue is far worse than a brute or stinking fish. — Jose Rizal

No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed. — Jose Rizal

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