"...It is also a misfortune to understand various languages because, thus, one has more occasions to hear stupidities and nonsense. Lord, I said, thinking of God-- because regardless of what the friars say, I believe in God-- if for six or seven languages that I scarcely understand I sometimes have unpleasant moments because of nonsense I hear, what moments would God have, God who understands all languages, not only of men but also of animals? If I who am little less than ignorance itself am so irritated to hear stupid designs of only one man, how will God feel, God who is wisdom itself? How will God feel when he hears our stupid intentions, our foolish pretensions and especially the qualifications and attributes of those who dare to measure, define and interpret God, those whose occupation is ignorance, whose dogma is blindness, whose covenant is obscurantism..."
-Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Rizal Without the Overcoat (Ambeth R. Ocampo)
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