Died on April 18 — Quotes

To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk.

Epifanio de los Santos was a genius, with all the great spontaneity and fire, and all the almost analyzable complexity of such a spirit. … His scholarship was profound. … Yet he was no mere pedant. He was never solemn. He was too wise to take life too seriously. He was always jovial and good company. He was something of a sensualist and liked good food and drink. But he had moments of sadness, and there were times when he drank not for pleasure, but for surcease.

From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other - above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.

Do you really believe that the moon isn’t there when nobody looks?

God always takes the simplest way.

If I could do it all again, I'd be a plumber.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all, be a sheep.

Great among the Great Filipino Scholars.. He was recognized as the foremost scholar of his time.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

If someone can enjoy marching to music in rank and file, I can feel only contempt for him; he has received his large brain by mistake, a spinal cord would have been enough.

,,, powerful intelligence, a formidable receptacle of culture and gifted with words.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence — these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.

I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.

The Catholics of Maryland, both clergy and laity, warmly espoused the patriot cause. On the roster of the Maryland Line are to be found the names of representatives of the Catholic families of Maryland. The important services of the Carrolls, the loyalty of the Catholic clergy and laity to the patriot cause, coupled with the fact that the whole body of the Anglican clergy had almost to a man adhered to King George, had somewhat ameliorated the old intolerant sentiments of the people of colonial Maryland towards the Catholic religion and its professors.