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 Beyond Copy Share Image
“You will be surprised how much punishment the human body can take, if there is enough will - or faith.” — F. Sionil José Body Copy Share Image
“It was true then what Padre Jose had said, that there is evil in all of us, that only with faith and… — F. Sionil José Faith Copy Share Image
“Why do you butcher your carabao and feed a throng because your son is getting a wife?" Father always blustered to them… — F. Sionil José Marriage Copy Share Image
“I have been blinded, as many of us have been blinded by our needs. I had thought of only my family--this was… — F. Sionil José Dreams 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
“If we could only learn to trust one another--Tagalogs trusting Ilokanos, Pampangos trusting Tagalogs. -The Cripple” — F. Sionil José Trust Copy Share Image
I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the Russian Rosdentvensky declaim, I can… — F. Sionil Jose Audience Copy Share Image
I was born in an Ilokano village called Cabugawan. Most of the houses in it were roofed with thatch, pan-aw, a species… — F. Sionil Jose Born Copy Share Image
“How many funerals had he attended, how many open graves had he seen, watched the coffins eased down, or sometimes just a… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
“Epidermis, epidermis! How could it mean so much, when underneath, all blood was red?” — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Perhaps, this is what love has always been, whether it is for a woman of for a cause -- the readiness to… — F. Sionil José Causes 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 Above Copy Share Image
Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of… — F. Sionil Jose Art Copy Share Image
“What do we do with mountains? For us who have lived most of our lives on monotonous level ground, mountains give indelible… — F. Sionil José 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 Love Copy Share Image
As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create… — F. Sionil Jose Art Copy Share Image
The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and… — F. Sionil Jose Achieve Copy Share Image
When you love someone, that love has no limit, no measure, because you know in your deepest being that when that love… — F. Sionil José Breathing Copy Share Image
Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums. — F. Sionil Jose Achievements Copy Share Image
“But all men die--as anonymously as they had lived, no matter what their achievements. -Istak” — F. Sionil José Success Copy Share Image
We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we… — F. Sionil Jose Able Copy Share Image
“Ubi boni, malum prosperat (Where good men are silent, evil prospers)” — F. Sionil José Evil Copy Share Image
