Such 'wisdom' does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. In any event, the Ateneo has found me fit to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities. There is an invisible cord that links these two. From the dawn of civilization, man has expressed himself best through art.
Art reveals even what is hidden in the subconscious.
It has always been perceived as a celebration of life and only we humans celebrate life for the sake of celebrating it. Accordingly, the humanities affirm our very humanity. What makes us human is our ability to see the invisible, to act not upon mere instinct, and to feel that which is beyond ourselves. What makes us human is our capacity to share with others even that which cannot be physically captured. We speak of sub-human conditions when we see other persons toiling under cruel and unjust circumstances.