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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"Even suffering when wrapped in love, seems tolerable."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Even suffering when wrapped in love, seems tolerable."
"An atheist is someone who is disappointed in his search of god. He is a man who strongly needed god but couldn't find him. Atheism is a cry of despair."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"An atheist is someone who is disappointed in his search of god. He is a man who strongly needed god but couldn't find him. Atheism is a cry of despair."
"The greatest law is: love yourself first."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The greatest law is: love yourself first."
"What you call love on your side may be called lust on another's side."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"What you call love on your side may be called lust on another's side."
"Able writers let us into their minds and show us how they think and by that open our minds to ourselves."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Able writers let us into their minds and show us how they think and by that open our minds to ourselves."
"A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from them."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from them."
"I think this business of good vs. evil is of no interest to the power hungry."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I think this business of good vs. evil is of no interest to the power hungry."
"Its ok to be different, the climate is not the same in every mind."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Its ok to be different, the climate is not the same in every mind."
"Once you let them establish their ideology in you, they will drive you crazy."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Once you let them establish their ideology in you, they will drive you crazy."
"Life is a stampede to get to the top."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Life is a stampede to get to the top."
"Writing is self-pleasure."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Writing is self-pleasure."
"When a protector leaves you, it looks like the end of the world. But you gradually learn to walk by your own feet."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"When a protector leaves you, it looks like the end of the world. But you gradually learn to walk by your own feet."
"An atheist is a disappointed true believer he is an angry and hungry soul who has failed to find a real god to whom he can anchor his hope."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"An atheist is a disappointed true believer he is an angry and hungry soul who has failed to find a real god to whom he can anchor his hope."
"You cannot write if you are not angry."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You cannot write if you are not angry."
"Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters."
"Nothing closes doors as quickly as constant bad humor, reclamation, whining. Nobody wants to associate themselves with losers."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Nothing closes doors as quickly as constant bad humor, reclamation, whining. Nobody wants to associate themselves with losers."
"One man's faith is considered idolatry by another."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"One man's faith is considered idolatry by another."
"Nothing in nature happens voluntarily. Everything is forced to happen. There is a hidden hand that forces things to move."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Nothing in nature happens voluntarily. Everything is forced to happen. There is a hidden hand that forces things to move."
"You don't have to finish today, what is important is that you finish. But remember today might be the last day of your life."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You don't have to finish today, what is important is that you finish. But remember today might be the last day of your life."
"We fight exploitation of man by man in words but live it in daily life."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We fight exploitation of man by man in words but live it in daily life."
"A man who wants to imitate the life of a woman will invariably do some mischief."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A man who wants to imitate the life of a woman will invariably do some mischief."
"Don't look for the devil outside, look inside and exorcise yourself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't look for the devil outside, look inside and exorcise yourself."
"Words create. Know what you want to create before you speak."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Words create. Know what you want to create before you speak."
"Don't be alarmed, the god I am trying to kill is the one I hate, not the one I love."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't be alarmed, the god I am trying to kill is the one I hate, not the one I love."
"Open your mind and let the universe speak to you."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Open your mind and let the universe speak to you."
"We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and create the afterlife."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and create the afterlife."
"A bad friend is nothing but a spy."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A bad friend is nothing but a spy."
"Don't be afraid to bite on a giant, learn from the mosquito."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't be afraid to bite on a giant, learn from the mosquito."
"Theology is an attempt to hack god's mind and look at the universe as he does, god's firewalls are so strong no attempt has ever been successful."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Theology is an attempt to hack god's mind and look at the universe as he does, god's firewalls are so strong no attempt has ever been successful."
"Slavery has not been abolished, it has been sanitized."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Slavery has not been abolished, it has been sanitized."
"Stop blaming evil on the Devil, blame it on the Creator of everything, if you don't understand, ask Him or at least hope that someday He will reveal it to you."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Stop blaming evil on the Devil, blame it on the Creator of everything, if you don't understand, ask Him or at least hope that someday He will reveal it to you."
"Hoarding can never end, for the heart of man always covets for more, its raging appetites can only be quenched by the heavy sands of the grave."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Hoarding can never end, for the heart of man always covets for more, its raging appetites can only be quenched by the heavy sands of the grave."
"If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains."
"The giving hand is considered powerful, the receiving hand is considered weak. It's better to give than to receive."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The giving hand is considered powerful, the receiving hand is considered weak. It's better to give than to receive."
"The best way to earn paradise in the afterlife is to create it in your life and in the life of your neighbor."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The best way to earn paradise in the afterlife is to create it in your life and in the life of your neighbor."
"Self-censorship is more efficient than any police. You write and say not what you really think, but what you believe is acceptable. By that process we lose those revolutionary ideas that could change society for the better."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Self-censorship is more efficient than any police. You write and say not what you really think, but what you believe is acceptable. By that process we lose those revolutionary ideas that could change society for the better."
"You don't need to kill with a sword, the tongue can do equally a better job and police will not knock on your door."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You don't need to kill with a sword, the tongue can do equally a better job and police will not knock on your door."
"Charity: begins at home and remains there. When it goes out, it's because it wants to brag about itself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Charity: begins at home and remains there. When it goes out, it's because it wants to brag about itself."
"A woman is a poem, a man is a report."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A woman is a poem, a man is a report."
"Sometimes divorce is the best thing that can happen to marriage."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Sometimes divorce is the best thing that can happen to marriage."
"Life is like a comet that briefly crosses the night sky without almost being noticed."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Life is like a comet that briefly crosses the night sky without almost being noticed."
"A spiritual realm is more obedient than a temporal one. In a spiritual realm, people obey the Supreme Being through his priests; in a temporal realm people don't obey wholeheartedly as they distrust their corrupt officials."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A spiritual realm is more obedient than a temporal one. In a spiritual realm, people obey the Supreme Being through his priests; in a temporal realm people don't obey wholeheartedly as they distrust their corrupt officials."
"People don't only speak with their mouths. They speak with their whole being. Sometimes they mean what they don't say and say what they don't mean; so listen with your whole being also. Let your whole being connect to theirs. Do not only listen to their voice, but also to their body language and their emotions. Listen with your ears and your heart."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"People don't only speak with their mouths. They speak with their whole being. Sometimes they mean what they don't say and say what they don't mean; so listen with your whole being also. Let your whole being connect to theirs. Do not only listen to their voice, but also to their body language and their emotions. Listen with your ears and your heart."
"Beware of people who tell you it can't be done. They want to remain on the market alone."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Beware of people who tell you it can't be done. They want to remain on the market alone."
"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."
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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."
"Don't complain against life, it may hear you and double your suffering."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't complain against life, it may hear you and double your suffering."
"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."
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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."
"Many people take a very low view of politicians, but that is exactly how they conduct their social interactions daily."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Many people take a very low view of politicians, but that is exactly how they conduct their social interactions daily."
"Some people are so stiff and inhumane as the dogma's they believe in."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Some people are so stiff and inhumane as the dogma's they believe in."
"Great men of old and of today never considered themselves only human, they also considered themselves gods. And god! See what hat great achievement have they realized!"
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Great men of old and of today never considered themselves only human, they also considered themselves gods. And god! See what hat great achievement have they realized!"
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