Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.

If to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the viewer praised.

In quietness the soul expands.

All things look good from far away and it is man's eternally persistent childlike faith in the reality of that illusion that has made him the triumphant restless being he is.

I think that the ideals of youth are fine, clear and unencumbered; and that the real art of living consists in keeping alive the conscience and sense of values we had when we were young.

Vaster is Man than his works.

Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys, and sometimes the men, they come with hammers.

Your eyes, ears and mind are imperfect in front of magic.

When people violate your values, they have excuses for doing so. For instance, they may misconceive your quest for responsiveness as being annoying...

Stately, kindly, lordly friend Condescend Here to sit by me.

The Philippines is strategically located and blessed with the greatest resource: its people, who are hard-working, very loyal, and very adaptive.

I hate when things are sugar-coated. I'd rather have the ugliest truth than the best lie.

Talent is nothing but long patience.

It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts.

It's incredible to get people to turn out right in the middle of no where.

Falsehood always endeavors to copy the mien and attitude of truth.