To live is to be among men, and to be among men is to struggle, a struggle not only with them but with oneself; with their passions, but also with one's own.

One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

...Does your Excellency know the spirit of (my) country? If you did, you would not say that I am 'a spirit twisted by a German education,' for the spirit that …

We want the happiness of the Philippines, but we want to obtain it through noble and just means. If I have to commit villainy to make her happy, I would refuse…

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's …

For I have been a man, and that means to have been a fighter.

Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.