Passion is the genesis of compassion. Compassion is a judicious and benevolent human emotion that feels for humanity and its dwelling. As a dynamic and rational emotion, compassion can preserve, save, or give life to a dying environment. (Danny Castillones Sillada, Tomorrow’s conservationists what we can learn from Danjugan Island)

While a weak leader has a proclivity to please the critics and the leeches, a strong leader has no qualms what the enemies say about him or his style of governance, but what intrinsic benefit does his ethical and political action bring toward the highest and common good of his people.~ Danny Castillones Sillada, The Postmodern Filipino Prince: The Moral Hazard of Political Indecision

The graveyard is not the final resting place of our dear departed but an ephemeral repository of their remains. The real graveyard, however, is somewhere deep in our heart, where we can always visit them at any time of the day, talk about some unforgettable summers, or cry in solitude as if they were always there for us to stay.

Tonight, as with other nights, some people that you know are thinking either pleasant or malicious thoughts about you. Just imagine the pleasant ones before you go to sleep, and you’ll wake up with a sublime smile on your lips.

Fashion is a creative pursuit of clothing a man and a woman with such opulence and sophistication, as an extension to the archetypal persona, and it can either inflate or deplete the human ego depending on how fast it wears in or wears out in style, relevance, and popularity.

In an emerging or ongoing crisis, either you’re the virtuous agent of the solution or the destructive part of the problem.

There is no middle ground for moral choice and political decision because by being on a safe side, any indecisive act poses a moral hazard to the individual freedom and integrity of a democratic society.~ Danny Castillones Sillada, The Postmodern Filipino Prince: The Moral Hazard of Political Indecision

More often than not, we’re not mindful or prudent of what we say until we already hurt or offended someone. And the sad part of it, we don’t always own or take responsibility for our insensitivity, and that's tragic.

If only you could see through my mind while creating those sexually suggestive works, you would either have a nightmare or erotic dream or both. (— Danny Castillones Sillada, Sublimation & Sexual Repressions in Art)

A woman’s silence, behind its enigmatic allure, is like the lofty tower that a man couldn’t climb or comprehend: cold, deliberate, and calculating.