Sometimes, forgetting is the only way to move forward.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Moving Forward
M
Active Love
A
Love is a verb, not a noun.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Human Value
H
The most dangerous idea is that a person is more than a human being, and the most useful idea is that a person is less than a human being.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Truth’s Intimidation
T
Truth is a bully we all pretend to like.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Creative Escape
C
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Cultural Insight
C
If you want to know a country, read its writers.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Individual Significance
I
It’s not enough to be numbered with the grains of sand on the beach and the stars in the sky.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Personal Revolution
P
Revolution begins with the self, in the self.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Self-Conflict
S
One can’t fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.
Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado
Life’s Side
L
Life always takes the side of life, and somehow the victims are blamed or forgotten.
Hans Keilson – Comedy in a Minor Key