Katipunan's ideal Filipino by Emilio Jacinto
(Emilio Jacinto's address to the candidates at an initiation in 1894, while the society was still confining its membership to Manila. It later became an important part of the ritual of the widely spread patriotic association out of which grew the Philippine Republic. This address is Rules section of what is to be known later as the "Kartilya ng Katipunan".)
A life not consecrated to some rational, lofty purpose is like a tree that affords no shade, if it be not like a poisonous plant.
Doing good for personal profit, and not for the sake of the good itself, is not goodness.
Charity is rational, as is the love we owe our neighbors, and so our attitude, deeds and words should ever conform to what is reasonable.
Whether the complexion be dark or light, all men are equal. Superiority through knowledge, from riches and by beauty are all possible, but nature gives no other superiority.