Quotes From "Noli Me Tangere" By Unknown

I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man. Unknown

For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church. Unknown

I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them. Unknown

Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it. Unknown

The example could encourage others who only fear to start. Unknown

What said those two souls communicating through the language of the eyes, more perfect than that of the lips, the language given to the soul in order that sound may not mar the ecstasy of feeling? In such moments, when the thoughts of two happy beings penetrate into each other’s souls through the eyes, the spoken word is halting, rude, and weak–it is as the harsh, slow roar of the thunder compared with the rapidity of the dazzling lightning flash, expressing feelings already recognized, ideas already understood, and if words are made use of it is only because the heart’s desire, dominating all the being and flooding it with happiness, wills that the whole human organism with all its physical and psychical powers give expression to the song of joy that rolls through the soul. To the questioning glance of love, as it flashes out and then conceals itself, speech has no reply; the smile, the kiss, the sigh answer. Unknown

I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan Crisostomo Ibarra Unknown

I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others. Unknown

How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra."Almost seven years."" Then you have probably forgotten all about it."" Quite the contrary. Even if my country does seem to have forgotten me, I have always thought about it. Unknown