5 Quotes & Sayings By Cirilo F Bautista

Cirilo F. Bautista is a Filipino writer and educator. He has written several articles and two books, which were published in different language editions. Most of his publications can be found in the "Philippine Journal of Science and Philosophy" Read more

His work "A Plunder of the Word: A Study on the Role of Language in Human History" was part of the Philippine Council for Basic Education's (PCE) regular curriculum. His latest book "The Anda Trilogy", was hailed as one of the best books in 2007 by the Philippine Educational Review and Review of Philippine Culture (PERCUC).

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... misfortune and creativity go together. Cirilo F. Bautista
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... since the history of words is a mainspring of our intellectual and emotional character. Cirilo F. Bautista
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Because life, as Pablo Picasso averred, 'is a very bad novel', it has to be reworked through the writers' suffering into something much more meaningful, much more valuable. A life lived and relived, then, emitting intensity and beauty only achievable by a journey through pain. Cirilo F. Bautista
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Language, because it is imperfect, cannot encompass experience in its raw and primal condition. To verbalize emotion and action is to decrease their impact. Cirilo F. Bautista