“A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.”

“Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.”

“Religion, in refusing to degrade you, has placed in doubt the crime imputed to you; the government, in surrounding your case with mystery and shadow, gives reason for belief in some error, committed in fatal moments; and all the Philippines, in venerating your memory and calling you martyrs, in no way acknowledges your guilt.”

“Night favors belief, and the imagination peoples the air with specters.”

“Leave me in Granada in the middle of paradise where my soul wells with poetry;Leave me until my time comes and I may intone a fitting song.Yes, I want my memorial stone in this land.Granada! Holy place of the glory of Spain,Your mountains are the white tents of pavilions,Your walls are the circle of a vase of flowers,Your plain a Moorish shawl embroidered with colour,Your towers are palm trees that imprison you”

“The gods are leaving.”

“Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who comes as a stranger to make his fortune and leave afterwards.”