I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap… — F. Sionil José Believe Copy Share Image
I find it always pleasurable talking with young people, particularly those aspiring to be writers, out of nostalgia, and because I've always… — F. Sionil Jose Always Copy Share Image
“I think that I was born on a day God was fast asleep. And whatever happened after my birth was nothing but… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one… — F. Sionil Jose Ceo Copy Share Image
“In the end, the satisfaction which all of us seek, it seems, can come only from our discovering that we really have… — F. Sionil José Life Copy Share Image
The Japanese covet important symbols - their heroic past as enshrined in Yasukuni, the Imperial family which has never been sullied by… — F. Sionil Jose Been Copy Share Image
I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity… — F. Sionil Jose Ancestor worship 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 Also Copy Share Image
“But when a person commits suicide, he does not do violence only to himself; he inflicts death upon those whom he least… — F. Sionil José Death Copy Share Image
I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself. — F. Sionil Jose Bored 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
“We do not conquer life, no one can conquer what one cannot define, but at least it is there and it is… — F. Sionil José Creativity Copy Share Image
“We cannot be rooted in the past forever. We must not be sentimental.” — F. Sionil José Time Copy Share Image
Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall… — F. Sionil Jose Also Copy Share Image
“The bravest are usually those whom we do not know or hear about, those anonymous men who dig the trenches, who produce… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a… — F. Sionil Jose Alone Copy Share Image
Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies. — F. Sionil Jose Emotion Copy Share Image
“So honesty then and service are rewarded by banishment and people sell themselves without so much ado because they have no beliefs--only… — F. Sionil José Faith Copy Share Image
Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues. — F. Sionil Jose Faults Copy Share Image
“But you must be sure of what you want the land for. And as for your tenants, if they don't own the… — F. Sionil José 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
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
We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human,… — F. Sionil Jose Driven 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 Political philosophy Copy Share Image
“Who then lives? Who then triumphs when all others have succumbed?” — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
