"It's impossible to do science without faith. Sometimes scientists build theories on the premises of faulty assumptions until they discover they were in error and begin again from square one until they discover the true theory. It's quite different with theologians, they build false theory upon false theory until they give you detailed descriptions of heaven and hell and construct dogmas to protect their errors and if you dare say they are in error they condemn you to eternal damnation they arrived at through false theories."

"If you believe that God is good and that He loves you without regard to whom you are or what you do, you will worship Him wholeheartedly. You will praise him with thanksgiving. If you believe He is angry against you, you will come to him with fear and trying to appease his anger. And you don't know when His anger will be over. Such a god keeps you in a perpetual psychological anguish. That is the typical kind of god we usually worship. That is the typical god approved by authority."

"We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more than others. Writers are explorers."

"Apply the lie detector to everything. You will be amazed at how many lies you will discover. Beware tough, you may discover that you are a lie."

"A writer reports on the universe. When he presents his credentials, the gates of heaven and hell are equally opened to him. He can hear the devil's defense and god's accusations. The guards at the king's heart let him in. The writer can be anything and any one he wants. When he writes he is a god, he creates."

"Opportunity is always coming but never knocks on the door. You have to get up and meet him."

"Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold like death."

"When you finally understand the meaning of life, you come to the conclusion it has none after all."

"Anyone can write a holy book, if he feels god is calling him to do so."

"Husband: a former boyfriend."

"You are what you believe."

"Life is like water in a glass. Drop by drop the glass empties."

"There is time for a fight and a time for a flight, knowing the right time to do one or the other can mean the difference between life and death."

"You will always find all the time you need in the world to do what you love. If you can't find the time, it's not important for you."

"If my mother will not go to heaven, I renounce the privilege."

"I don't know the beginnings and the end of all things? But apparently most people do."

"On close analysis, it would seem that there is a possibility that we are god's robots."

"Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals."

"I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide."

"Love has its own eyes, and they are more efficient at the beginning and faulty at the end."

"The giving hand is considered powerful, the receiving hand is considered weak. It's better to give than to receive."

"The powerful are like a compressor, they will grind into paste everything on their way."

"Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness."

"Writing is magic happening on paper."

"Life has a meaning but do not set out to find out. Just live it out."

"In the beginning there was nothing, and then god created "me"."

"The gatekeepers are not there to prohibit you anything, they just want to frighten you away, if you are courageous enough to go through them, they will let you , thinking you are the owner or his so."

"If you believe the world is conspiring against you it will just do that, you will help on by your pessimism action to prove you are right."

"We are nothing but bricks from our cultural molds."

"Our minds are a battle ground between good and bad ideas, we are whatever side wins the battle."

"Self-fulfilling prophecy always come to pass."

"Fate smiles to the bold."

"Every word that comes after "And the Lord told me. . . "is a pious lie."

"Yes an atheist priest can perfectly minister to a believing congregation and miracles can happen in that congregation. Miracles depend on the faith of the believer, not that of the officiant. A bartender who never takes alcohol can serve alcohol to his clients. What is necessary is that the priest believes he is doing the good work. The congregation needs faith and it helps them. It would be evil to deny them such a service in the name of his lack of faith. - Bangambiki Habyarimana."

"Never laugh at the fate of others, you are the next."

"Nothing is sweeter and addictive than power, the unlucky soul this demon possesses, if he is not sacrificed on its altar will sacrifice others himself to get it."

"No one knows what god thinks of anything. He only knows and no one can claim to penetrate into his mysteries. Those who do that are liars and must be avoided at all costs."

"Some people think they are holier than othersSome religions think they are the only true onesSome gods think they are the most divineSome races think they are a superior breedThe war goes on to the grave and beyond."

"Knock on the heart's emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at you."

"Writing is a competition between the writer and the page. When the page wins, you fail as a writer."

"There is no love that is not self-love."

"Why do we love heroes? Because life is a fight."

"Sometimes I reach the highest heights of hope, at other times I reach the deepest of despair. Sometimes I am happy, at other times I am sad. At some point I am a believer, and at some other time an unbeliever. Sometimes I love, some other times I hate. That's what it means to be human."

"We fight exploitation of man by man in words but live it in daily life."

"The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit."

"Need will send you even into the arms of your enemy."

"In the modern city life, if you don't have money , you simply don't have life."

"Sometimes we believe it is truth, not because it is truth but because it has been made truth by law or tradition. Some of those truths are nothing but dogmatized myths."

"A good man? A man who successfully conceals his evil actions."

"You will see true character after a defeated ambition."