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No, let us not make God into our image, poor inhabitants that we are of a distant planet lost in infinite space. However brilliant and sublime our intelligence may be, it is scarcely more than a small spark which shines and in an instant is extinguished.

— José Rizal

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I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors;
Where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God.

His coming to the world is like the appearance of a rare comet, whose brilliance appears only every other century.

He who would love much has also much to suffer.

The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.

Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

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