"I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime."

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Source : Jose Rizal (2006). “Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)”, p.381, Penguin

Jose Rizal

#Country Quotes #Light Quotes #Shining Quotes

“Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.”
“Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.”
“You don't have to be famous to be great.”
“Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have no interest in anyone's affairs. History proper and novels hold no attractions for me except insofar as, I can discern there, as within our immortal Revolution, the adventures of the mind.”
“Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.”
“I can always be reminded how small I am when I try to surf a wave that's a little bit out of my league, and I just get pummeled. And, when your life flashes before your eyes kind of stuff, deep down under the water where you don't know what's up or down, and that kind of thing, or just Mother Nature reminding you how small you are compared to it. That's kind of the main thing for me.”
“When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.”

Source : Francis Turner Palgrave (1861). “The Golden treasury of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language”, p.320
“To me songwriting is more like redemption. I can extract the poison or the pollen, the essence from a situation and the rest becomes a husk that blows away.”

Source : Interview with Hector de la Manzana, believermag.com. March 1, 2003.

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