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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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Famous Jose Rizal Quotes

“Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.”

Men Speak Language Numbers Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

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

Doe Slave Reign Oppressors Hangman Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“No, let us not make God in our image, poor inhabitants that we are of a distant planet lost in infinite space. However brilliant and sublime our intelligence may be, it is scarcely more than a small spark which shines and in an instant is extinguished, and it alone can give us no idea of that blaze, that conflagration, that ocean of light!”

Giving May Ideas Light Lost Space Poor Planets Ocean Infinite Shining Brilliant No Idea Instant Sparks Sublime Infinite Space Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“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”

People Liberty Sacrifice Direct Prejudice Misery Prosperity Selfishness Proportion Forefathers Juan Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“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.”

Ifs Years Long Doe Country Seems Seven Forgotten Contrary Seven Years Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“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.”

Ifs Want Should Ideas Would Be Hate Enemy Projects Humble Defeated Rejected Hate You Propose Bishops Undone Sponsors Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“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.”

Father Son Honor Rewards Deeds Punishment Noli Me Tangere

Author: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.”

People Heart Moving Suffering Voice Complaining Lethargic Noli Me Tangere

Author: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.”

Country Asks Concern Miracle Fortune Stranger Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“The example could encourage others who only fear to start.”

Example Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“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.”

People Ifs Knows Believe Littles I Can Matter Government Able Evil I Believe Mass Concern Population Accomplish Useless Officials Encounters Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness!”

Mean Doe Foolishness Indulge Indulge In Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the men who are honest.”

Men Honest Hatred Criminals Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

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

Men Believe Lost Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.”

Ends Understood Shame Selfishness Cowardice Noli Me Tangere

Author: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.”

Thinking Doe Church Tears Useless Alms Noli Me Tangere

Book:Noli Me Tangere: Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero

Source: Noli Me Tangere: Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero

“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.”

Country Light Dies Forget Seeing Shining Welcome Dawn Nighttime Noli Me Tangere

Book:Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)

Source: Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)

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

People Needs Dying Medicine Noli Me Tangere

Author:Jose Rizal

“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

“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

Author:Jose Rizal

“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

“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

About the Author

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

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