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Andres Bonifacio and His Ideas on Love of God and Country

"Love God with all your heart." ----- Andres Bonifacio on LOVE OF GOD

"Bear always in mind that the love of God is also the love of Country, and this, too, is love of one's fellow-men." ----- Andres Bonifacio on LOVE OF GOD AND COUNTRY

"Engrave in your heart that the true measure of honor and happiness is to die for the freedom of your country." ----- Andres Bonifacio on LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND DEATH AND FREEDOM

Reference: "History Of The Filipino People," Teodoro Agoncillo, 1990

 

Alex Moises and His Ideas on Being Filipino, Education, Conservation and Stamp Collecting

"For Andres Bonifacio, the katipunero and the inhabitants of the Philippines, the term 'Filipino' meant racial equality, human dignity and love of country in its purest form." ----- Alex Moises on the CONCEPT OF BEING FILIPINO

"....the adoption of Filipino as a major subject and medium of instruction in the elementary and high school levels....is a positive response to the constitutional recognition of Filipino as a national language; at the same time, it satisfies the constitutional provision on the use of Filipino as a medium of instruction. Second, it provides Filipino learners with the opportunity to use a native language which they know and fully understand as it is part of their everyday experiences. Third, the use of Filipino serves as a unifying force for a people who have experienced more than three centuries of foreign colonial rule. The policy can and must be adopted to the college level. As in the case of the Bilingual Education Program of 1974, a timetable for the implementation of a modified version of the program must be drawn. More subjects must be taught in Filipino and more time must be spent on the use of Filipino as medium of instruction." ----- Alex Moises on the USE OF FILIPINO AS MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN PHILIPPINE EDUCATION

"....what does 'quality education' mean? It means the construction of public school classrooms which are enough to meet the number of students who need education. This is important for a country where lack of classrooms has become a perennial problem. Students must have a place to learn, and this place is the school with sufficient number of classrooms, not mango trees under which instruction is given to students...." ----- Alex Moises on the SUFFICIENCY OF SCHOOL CLASSROOMS AS INDICATOR OF QUALITY EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

"The Philippine eagle is one of the most well-known birds of the Philippines. It is the **world's largest eagle....it is known as the monkey-eating eagle and it is one of the rare types of eagle that feeds on monkey. It is also one of the most threatened species in the world and it is listed as a critically endangered bird....The need to protect and preserve the Philippine eagle cannot be overemphasized. The loss of this species will be a tragedy for the scientific community, a tragedy for the Philippines and a tragedy for humanity." ----- Alex Moises on the PRESERVATION OF THE PHILIPPINE EAGLE (**Some experts say it is the second largest eagle.)

"The Philippine tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) and the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) are animals endemic to the Philippines. These animals are listed in the CITES Appendix as critically endangered animals, and they symbolize, quite poignantly, the vanishing wildlife in the Philippines." ----- Alex Moises on PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE

"What is topical collecting? It is, simply put, collecting stamps and other philatelic items according to topics. By choosing a topic, one easily embarks on a topical collecting and the process of selecting a topic is limited only by one's imagination and the availability of philatelic items." ----- Alex Moises on WHAT IS TOPICAL STAMP COLLECTING

 

Antione de Saint-Exupery and His Ideas on What is Essential and Love

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." ----- Antione de Saint-Exupery on WHAT IS ESSENTIAL

"Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself." ----- Antione de Saint-Exupery on LOVE

References:
"The Little Prince," Antione de Saint-Exupery, ____ (Quotation 1)
"Living, Loving & Learning," Leo Buscaglia, 1982 (Quotations 1 and 2)

 

Gary Dunaier and His Ideas on Stamps and Stamp Collecting

"So what is a postage stamp? Some people will tell you it's a miniature work of art. Others will say it's a little bit of history. Still others will even go as far to say stamps are wonderful investments. But when you get right down to it, a postage stamp is just a receipt --- a label telling the postal service that you've paid the fee to have your letter transported from point A to point B." ----- Gary Dunaier on WHAT IS A STAMP

"What's the difference between accumulating and collecting? An accumulator acquires objects just for the sake of it. It does not matter what they are....The collector is different. Collectors study their stamps and learn the history behind each." ----- Gary Dunaier on the DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ACCUMULATOR AND A STAMP COLLECTOR

"One very valuable piece of advice: don't spend all of your stamp-collecting money on stamps. You should also buy some philatelic literature such as catalogs and periodicals. More than anything, it's knowledge that separates the accumulator from the collector." ----- Gary Dunaier on the VALUE OF PHILATELIC LITERATURE

Reference: "Stamps (The Beginning Collector)," Gary Dunaier, 1992

 

Jose Rizal and His Ideas on Love of One's Native Language, Education, Love of Country,  and Death and Freedom

"Whoever does not know how to love his native language is worse than a beast or a foul-smelling fish." ----- Jose Rizal on LOVE OF ONE'S NATIVE LANGUAGE

"The vital breath of prudent Education / Instills a virtue of enchanting power; / She lifts the motherland to highest station / And endless dazzling glories on her shower." ----- Jose Rizal on the BENEFITS OF EDUCATION FOR THE COUNTRY'S PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT

"Go to my native land, go, foreign flowers. / Sown by the traveler on his way. / And there, beneath its azure sky, / Where all my affections lie;.... / Bear then, O flowers, love's message bear; / My love to all the lov'd ones there, / Peace to my country --- fruitful land --- / Faith whereon its sons may stand, / And virtue for its daughters' care; / All those beloved creatures greet, / That still around home's altar meet." ----- Jose Rizal (while abroad) on LOVE OF COUNTRY

"I die just when I see the dawn break, / Through the gloom of night, to herald the day; / And if color is lacking my blood thou shalt take, / Pour'd out at need for thy dear sake, / To dye with crimson the waking ray." ----- Jose Rizal on DEATH AND FREEDOM

Reference: "Jose Rizal: Life, Works, And Writings Of A Genius, Scientist, And National Hero," Gregorio Zaide, 1997 (All quotations except the first one)

 

Leo Buscaglia and His Ideas on Uniqueness, on Being Human, on Risk and on the Loving Individual

"It bothers me how little self-respect and belief in ourselves we have learned....A wonderful realization will be the day you realize that you are unique in all the world. You are a special combination for a purpose -- and don't let them tell you otherwise.... You are the best you. You are the only you. You have something to give." ----- Leo Buscaglia on THE CONCEPT OF UNIQUENESS OF EACH PERSON

"Don't miss love. It's an incredible gift. I love to think that on the day you're born, you're given the world as your birthday present. It frightens me that so few people ever bother to open up the ribbon! Rip it open! Tear off the top! It's just full of love and magic and life and joy and wonder and pain and tears. All of the things that are your gifts for being human." ----- Leo Buscaglia on GIFTS FOR BEING HUMAN

"The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live. Chained by his certitudes, he's a slave. He's forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free." ----- Leo Buscaglia on THE CONCEPT OF RISK

"I also think that a loving individual is spontaneous. The one thing that I would like to see more than anything else in the world is your returning again to your initial spontaneity, the spontaneity of a kid who said what he felt and what he thought and was easily adjustable to what other people were thinking and feeling." ----- Leo Buscaglia on THE CONCEPT OF A LOVING INDIVIDUAL

Reference: "Living, Loving & Learning," Leo Buscaglia, 1982

 
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