Quotes by Rwandan Authors - Page 4

Paradise is the heart of the people who speak well of you; who think fondly about you because of your exemplary life. Hell is is the heart of the people who curse you, who wish you were dead for your evil actions against them
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Stop searching for god in the farthest corners of the universe. He is in you. You are it
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The hardest thing in life is a man to be honest with himself
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Some people use love as a tool to enslave others
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The greatest law is: love yourself first
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A writer is never alone, he is always with himself
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Even if everybody says it’s impossible, with determination, there is always something you can do. The last thing is to give up without trying.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
One day I will write a book. An epitaph
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The only way anyone can hope to live after death is if he leaves something that posterity can remember him for.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Anything does not exist until it is created. You create it
Bangambiki Habyarimana
If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing
Bangambiki Habyarimana
I am 1324512000 seconds old. In the cosmic blink of an eye, I will become once again cosmic dust.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
It's a sin only if it harms you
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Why do we love heroes? Because life is a fight.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
You have to sacrifice life to get life
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The hard truth is that sometimes we need to lie to ourselves to continue to live
Bangambiki Habyarimana
I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger--to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative feelings came upon me, I wouldn't wait for them to grow or fester. I would always turn immediately to the Source of all true power: I would turn to God and let His love and forgiveness protect and save me.
Immaculée Ilibagiza
You need to have the means to impose yourself
Bangambiki Habyarimana
It's the duty of every man to free himself. Never accept to live an underdog's life in god’s world.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
It used to be said "Build it and they will come," now it is "Build it and bribe them in".
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Never create doubt in a person. Doubts have the habit of hanging around even if the original cause is over. Doubt never wants to be caught unawares again
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield
Bangambiki Habyarimana
In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Those who would give us equal opportunity for everybody are threatened by it. They are afraid to lose their privileged positions. They pay lip service to it, they act by half measures and do everything to violate the laws they have themselves instituted to make sure the high class is always high. It never changes, it always goes in a circle, when the oppressed fight and get to the top, and they become the new elite and forget the promises.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
We know how to read traffic lights, but what don't you know how to read spiritual signs?
Paul Gitwaza
You can truly live if you can see yourself centuries after you have died. Just imagine it. What will people remember about you, how will your grave look like? How will your children live, etc.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
In order to protect their good names for posterity, many writers never wrote what they thought or the truth as it stood. That's why truth still lies hidden in matters of power, sex and religion. No wonder they chose to do so, many who dared paid with their heads
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A knife may scar a body, but a careless word will wound a soul.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Many people take a very low view of politicians, but that is exactly how they conduct their social interactions daily
Bangambiki Habyarimana
I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid anymore, because when I write, I am not trying to prove anything to anyone, I am just expressing myself and my opinions. It’s ok if my opinions are different from those of the reader, each of us can have his own opinions. So writing is like talking, if you are afraid of writing, you may end up being afraid of talking
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Words can make or break, use your words carefully
Bangambiki Habyarimana
As old lies are laid to rest, new ones sprout from their ashes, as deadly as their ancestors
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Dreams, just dreams, it's all illusion
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The most successful are not the most perfect, but the imperfect who dare to believe that they can despite the damning verdict.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Knock on the heart’s emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at you
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Nothing in nature happens voluntarily. Everything is forced to happen. There is a hidden hand that forces things to move.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Fate does not expect to be fought and will reward those who dare to fight against it.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
You cannot end a theology class without hearing these recurrent words "maybe", "it seems to me", "perhaps", "the unique reason may be that", "my belief on this subject is that", "there are many interpretations to how", etc. All of which indicate a lack of certainty. It's not surprising in a class with the task to study the invisible god
Bangambiki Habyarimana
If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Sometimes divorce is the best thing that can happen to marriage
Bangambiki Habyarimana
There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
It’s not how much material things you have hoarded that will make you happy but how satisfied you are with what you have so far. A rich person can be the poorest wreck if he is not satisfied with what he already has and a materially poor can be happy if he is satisfied with the little he has.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Everyone prays to his own god, that's why miracles happen to some and not to others
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Isn’t time the only one true god? It makes and breaks
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Be happy when people envy you, you are on the right path
Bangambiki Habyarimana
We die a day at a time
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Apologetics is reason flying to the rescue of faith
Bangambiki Habyarimana
People tell all kinds of lies to save their skins.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is a dream. We wake up when we die
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Atheism is not against god, it is against the religious establishment who use god they have never seen or heard from to establish their influence over the minds of men.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Opportunity is always coming but never knocks on the door. You have to get up and meet him
Bangambiki Habyarimana
They will call you immoral if you dare to describe their immorality
Bangambiki Habyarimana
God is powerful. Even those who claim not to believe in him fear him. Though their mouths may confess to disbelieve in him, their hearts yearn for him.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Endeavor to create heaven on earth and turn your heart into the new Jerusalem
Bangambiki Habyarimana
One man encompasses all of humanity. Harming one man is harming humanity
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is an invisible stampede
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The reason you don't succeed in life is because you are too lenient with your deadly enemies. Identify them and eradicate them completely, don't let any of their seed escape your vengeful sword. Don't negotiate with the enemy and never make deals with them. Only after you have wiped them out of the map will success smile at you
Bangambiki Habyarimana