Duty Quote by F. Sionil José

“There is nothing like the land you belong to claiming you back. But everywhere the earth is the same. -Old David”

— F. Sionil José

“Indeed time has that ultimate capacity to render the passions of the past when recalled in the present as no more than grandiloquent gestures.”

— F. Sionil José

Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined…

— F. Sionil Jose

We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.

— F. Sionil José

I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of Confucius, Mencius,…

— F. Sionil Jose

Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

— F. Sionil Jose

In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.

— F. Sionil Jose

My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.

— F. Sionil Jose

Life is always sad. That's what makes suicide so tempting because life is all that we really have and haven't. Death makes us equals,…

— F. Sionil José

We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even Balinese or…

— F. Sionil Jose

“There is nothing in the world which an artist cannot recreate into something poetic, ennobling. And why do we read these things? They are…

— F. Sionil José

All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the…

— F. Sionil Jose