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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.

— José Rizal

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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.

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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