Quotes from Jose Rizal

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Walang pasok sa June 20 dahil sa ika-150 kaarawan ng Pambansang Bayaning si Dr. Jose Rizal.  Sobrang sikat ng mga ibang quotes niya tulad ng:

"Ang hindi mag mahal sa sariling wika ay higit pa ang amoy sa malansang isda"

"Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan"  at malamang ang pinaka-sikat

"Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan".

Marami pa ang mga quotes na galing kay Jose Rizal.  Marami rito ay ginawa niya sa wikang Kastila.  Marami ang sinalin sa wikang Inggles.  Eto ang iba pa:

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.

There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allowed himself to be guided by the thought of another is like the beast led by a halter



No good water comes from muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed



A tree that grows in the mud is unsubsantial and good only for firewood


Without education and liberty, which are the soil and the sun of man, no reform is possible , no measure can give the result desired.

Encystment of a conquering people is possible, for it signifies complete isolation, absolute inertia, debility in the conquering element. Encystment thus means the tomb of the foreign invader.