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“School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.”

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Ambeth R. Ocampo, born in 1961, is an accomplished historian known for his research on the history of the Philippines, particularly in the colonial period and the nationalist movement. His works have had a significant impact on understanding the history and culture of the Philippines. more

“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?”

People Ifs Today Courses Reading Asks Levels Novel Influence University Accepted Despite Ignored Filipino Compulsory Noli Me Tangere

Author:Ambeth R. Ocampo

“When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree”

Art Nations Grows Business Tree Design Cold Settling Commerce

Book:The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake

Source: The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake

“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.”

Way Looks Facts Exciting Something New Interpretation Historian Stagnant

Author:Ambeth R. Ocampo

“For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of all he condemns; or can say that he has examined to the bottom all his own, or other men's opinions? The necessity of believing without knowledge, nay often upon very slight grounds, in this fleeting state of action and blindness we are in, should make us more busy and careful to inform ourselves than constrain others.”

Men Should Believe States Action Opinion Evidence Bottom Busy Careful Falsehood Blindness Fleeting Constrain

Book:An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Source: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

“Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to "learn." What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying "Know thyself."”

Knows Men Matter Remember Know How Study No Matter What Starting Self Knowledge Thyself Suitable Starting Point Know Thyself

Author:G. I. Gurdjieff

“He recognized with absolute certainty the empty fragility of even the noblest theorizings as compared with the definitive plenitude of the smallest fact grasped in its total, concrete reality.”

Facts Reality Empty Absolutes Certainty Concrete Smallest Fragility Absolute Certainty Plenitude

Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.”

Life Silence Honest Integrity Patience Deeds Deny Apology Accusers

Book:The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author

Source: The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author

“And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes.”

Looks Soul Eye Sky Sitting

Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,

Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,

“Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.”

Impossible Claims Discussion

Author:Romain Rolland

“People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”

People Should Realizing Pride Truth Is Complexes Complicated Complexity

Author:Thomas Sowell

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