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Quotes by Rwandan Authors
"We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and create the afterlife."
"Life has no map; it's made of random events, always caused by something beyond your control."
"You can only make magic if you act at the right time when the right conditions are in place."
"I admire the way the Bible defies anybody who wants to nail it on a preferred meaning. There are so many ways to interpret the Bible as there are different opinions about what a certain passage or verse really means. So anybody can go there and read a meaning into (eigesis) whatever passage or verse he wants to suit his inclinations. Proof that the Bible is inspired? It caters for all sorts of people and views."
"There is no greater heaven the heart of a loving mother."
"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."
"To be successful you must be willing to leave your comfort zone. Even then success is not guaranteed."
"If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains."
"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."
"Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring."
"Sometimes divorce is the best thing that can happen to marriage."
"Some people quit when victory is around the corner."
"Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself."
"If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor."
"Power and love can break the most stubborn resistence."
"There is no greater heaven than the heart of a loving motherShe takes care of you when you are still in her womb.She nurtures you after you are born.She hurts when you fall,She celebrates when you make your first steps.She is the only person who genuinely cares about you.She loves you as she loves herself.Her heart is your true paradise.I love you mama."
"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."
"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 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."
"To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself."
"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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