“Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.” — F. Sionil Jose Quote

“Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.”

“All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.”

“I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity with the past, and that most important ingredient in the building of a nation - memory.”

“The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.”

“In the woods I find things that are spiritual, redemptive, and worthy of contemplation.”

“I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.”