Life is holy and it is for all of us. God's design, I cannot understand myself and I never will, but I… — F. Sionil José Aim Copy Share Image
I write to please myself—of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I write for… — F. Sionil José Apathy 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
“I am a commuter, not between the city and the village, although I do this frequently; not between the inane idealism of… — F. Sionil Jose Identity 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
“All her life, she was used to being pampered, to having everything she desired, but the things that she valued were never… — F. Sionil José Life Copy Share Image
“Absences can also make one forget. Absence dulls the memory and banishes those who are precious from the mind.” — F. Sionil José Memory 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
Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs,… — F. Sionil Jose Books Copy Share Image
This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the… — F. Sionil Jose About Copy Share Image
“I believe in life, that it is sweet and that, for all its occasional bitterness, we-man, that is-are headed toward something better… — F. Sionil José Life Copy Share Image
I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941. — F. Sionil Jose Broke 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
What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize. — F. Sionil Jose Books 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 Accepted Copy Share Image
From antiquity, Latin died but is still studied in seminaries and elite universities. So did Sanskrit in Asia. iI was replaced by… — F. Sionil Jose Ancient Copy Share Image
Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them.… — F. Sionil Jose Climate 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
“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
You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in… — F. Sionil José Betray Copy Share Image
“There is so much that the past can teach us. -The Cripple” — F. Sionil José Education Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you look at yourself in the mirror, any mirror, and you wonder why that nose looks as it does, or those… — F. Sionil José Time 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 Change Copy Share Image
