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Jose Rizal was a Filipino national hero, novelist, and physician. Born on June 19, 1861, in Kalookan, he was executed by the Spanish colonial government on December 30, 1896. Rizal is renowned for his novels 'Noli Me Tangere' and 'El Filibusterismo', which exposed the social injustices under colonial rule and ignited the Filipino nationalistic spirit. His ideas and actions had a profound impact on the Philippine independence movement.

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“The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.”

Tyranny Cowardice Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“No one has a monopoly of the true God, nor is there a nation or religion that can claim, or at any rate prove, that it has been given the exclusive right to the Creator or sole knowledge of His Being.”

Has Beens Given Nations Prove Claims Rate Creator Sole Monopoly Exclusive True God Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“I want to show to those who deprive people the right to love of country, that when we know how to sacrifice ourselves for our duties and convictions, death does not matter if one dies for those one loves – for his country and for others dear to him.”

People Ifs Knows Want Doe Country Matter Shows Dies Know How Sacrifice Duty Dear Conviction One Love

Author: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!”

Grace Youth Fairs Brows Serene Fatherland

Author:Jose Rizal

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

Knows World Force Results Powerful Operations Divinity Most Powerful Ethical Physical Force

Author:Jose Rizal

“He who would love much has also much to suffer.”

Author:Jose Rizal

“Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.”

Country Light Air Genius Heritage Noli Me Tangere

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“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.”

Men Made Night Stars Sea Wind Guides Ships

Author:Jose Rizal

“Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.”

Age Passion Childhood Youth Old Age Manhood Caprice Elegy

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

Ifs Today Tomorrow Independence Slave Tyrants Noli Me Tangere

Book:THE SUBVERSIVE

Source: THE SUBVERSIVE

“The youth is the hope of our future.”

Youth Our Future

Author: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.”

Thinking Men Doe Ignorance Beast Servitude

Author:Jose Rizal

“A God who chastises our lack of faith, our vices, the little esteem in which we hold dignity and the civic virtues. We tolerate vice, we make ourselves its accomplices, at times we applaud it, and it is just, very just that we suffer the consequences, that our children suffer them. It is the God of liberty ... who obliges us to love it, by making the yoke heavy for us - a God of mercy, of equity, who while He chastises us betters us and only grants prosperity to him who has merited it through his efforts. The school of suffering tempers, the arena of combat strengthens the soul.”

Source: The reign of greed: a complete English version of El Filibusterismo from the Spanish

“To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.”

Book Past Nations Destiny

Author:Jose Rizal

“What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap.”

Death Seeds Reap

Author: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.”

Answers Kissing Speech Questioning Flash Glances Sigh Noli Me Tangere

Book:The Social Cancer: Noli Me Tangere

Source: The Social Cancer: Noli Me Tangere

“The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.”

Country Glory Ruins Saving Noli Me Tangere

Book:The reign of greed: a complete English version of El Filibusterismo from the Spanish

Source: The reign of greed: a complete English version of El Filibusterismo from the Spanish

“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.”

Men Passion Struggle Oneself

Author:Jose Rizal

“I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.”

Knows Country Shows Dies Wish Know How Conviction Deny Our Country

Author:Jose Rizal

“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.”

Soul Might Eye White Rose Plant Raised Casts Teeth Her Eyes Elephants Tempted Revealing Ivory White Teeth

Book:Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)

Source: Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)

About the Author

Born: June 19, 1861
Died: December 30, 1896
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 70

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