For them who delay aging, who infuse decrepit bodies with youth and beauty - they must rejoice in the fullness of their… — F. Sionil Jose Aging Copy Share Image
Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest of the… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
No man stops caring as long as he breathes. As long as he has a mind and memory, he will care. This… — F. Sionil José Animal Copy Share Image
“But when will Filipinas ever be free from its leaders who are wealthy and crooked, in whom we have put so much… — F. Sionil José Leadership Copy Share Image
A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in… — F. Sionil Jose Character Copy Share Image
“It is easy to forgive a person his faults when he is dead because in death, he atones for his sins somewhat… — F. Sionil José Death Copy Share Image
“But it really all boils down to this - we don't know them, for all our sincerity, our good intentions. We don't… — F. Sionil José Good intentions Copy Share Image
“In a world grown dark with deceit there there are many who are blinded and few who can hold up a light… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
“Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid mind the… — F. Sionil José Duty Copy Share Image
“A Man's suicide is the ultimate violence he can fling against the granite circumstance he could not vanquish. Its a lonely and… — F. Sionil José Death Copy Share Image
“I was shocked at the revelation of her vaulting ambition, her greed. I should have loathed her or, knowing what kind of… — F. Sionil José Greed Copy Share Image
In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason,… — F. Sionil Jose Britain Copy Share Image
Life is always sad. That's what makes suicide so tempting because life is all that we really have and haven't. Death makes… — F. Sionil José Death Copy Share Image
At 86, I can easily look back to the last eight decades. Though memory often fails me now, so many images of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“Don Jacinto did not reply; perhaps he understood that there was no measure for love of country except in sacrifice, and why… — F. Sionil José Love Copy Share Image
November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and… — F. Sionil José Christmas Copy Share Image
In the visual arts, particularly painting, I distrust all those abstractions, those artificial constructions. I have a very simple way of judging… — F. Sionil Jose Abstraction Copy Share Image
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory. — F. Sionil Jose Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“While violence is necessary, it is not the only instrument for change. There are others just as good. But you must accept… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most… — F. Sionil Jose China Copy Share Image
For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of… — F. Sionil Jose Books Copy Share Image
The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their… — F. Sionil Jose Alone Copy Share Image
We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even… — F. Sionil Jose Art Copy Share Image
“If you loved someone for many years, you become instinctively aware of his feelings, even divine his thoughts and anticipate his actions,… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
I said that if I were an industrialist or entrepreneur, I would invest in agriculture-based enterprises, for there is so much that… — F. Sionil Jose Business Copy Share Image
“When I see justice sold to the highest bidder I remember Tio Baldo and how he had lost. So honesty then and… — F. Sionil José Honesty Copy Share Image
“How can we build trust among our own people? How can we make them confident of themselves and their countrymen so that… — F. Sionil José Trust Copy Share Image
“[Of the Bagos:] Like the Moros in the south, they are our brothers. We must recognize their belongingness to Filipinas, their willingness… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“The importance not just of history, but of roots - that a writer must have then to nurture, to remember if he… — F. Sionil Jose History Copy Share Image
“...I wish I were not the me that I know, that I be some unfeeling hunk of plastic, designed to take all… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste… — F. Sionil Jose Birth Copy Share Image
“Only with steadfast memories can we now be strong so as to undo the mistakes of the past, to begin anew and… — F. Sionil José Beginning Copy Share Image
We read because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them,in their problems.And by seeing ourselves in them, we… — F. Sionil José Books Copy Share Image
Sometimes we have to lie so that we do not needlessly hurt others. The important thing is that we are honest with… — F. Sionil José Honest Copy Share Image
You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often said, the… — F. Sionil Jose Contemplation Copy Share Image
I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
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