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Quotes by Rwandan Authors
"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."
"You will never really think hard about your life until your oxygen mask is taken away from you when you are at the bed of the ocean. At that exact moment, your true self will be revealed. You will really know if you are a believer or an atheist, whether you really love life or hate it as you usually say. All your claims will be tested."
"Don't complain against life, it may hear you and double your suffering."
"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!"
"A bad word triggers another in your opponent. Be ready to reap what you plant."
"Success is across the roaring river, the brave shall cross it."
"Some people quit when victory is around the corner."
"You can only make magic if you act at the right time when the right conditions are in place."
"Divorce is an expensive punishment love gets when it fails."
"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."
"Life has no map; it's made of random events, always caused by something beyond your control."
"Writing is sharing. You share what you have. Great writers have more to share."
"He is an atheist anyone who does not believe in my god and the wrath of god is upon him; I am in my right to meet that wrath on him," thunders the fanatic."
"The worst threat to man is man himself."
"Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring."
"Be happy when people envy you, you are on the right path."
"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."
"We are gods but we are afraid of the ensuing responsibility; that's why we prefer to remain slaves. Only if we dared to rise up to the challenge and assume our divinity, we could perform most of the miracles we pray for."
"There is no sin, no crime, no evil, God cannot forgive."
"Slaves in the past were captured by force, today's slaves surrender themselves. The masters are the same old folk (who are now more civilized) who would not lift a hand against a fellow human being! They have established economic systems that perpetuate their superiority so the poor are blamed either for their laziness or their fate."
"To be successful you must be willing to leave your comfort zone. Even then success is not guaranteed."
"The lack of power is the source of all unhappiness."
"Power and love can break the most stubborn resistence."
"Envy: Instead of focusing on your own goals, your goal becomes throwing off the rails other people's goals and at the end of the day you gain nothing but a mischievous satisfaction that you have destroyed someone's dream."
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