Quotes by Rwandan Authors | Beyond Motive 3/14

"No one could preach if he seriously looked at his own sins."

"No one could preach if he seriously looked at his own sins."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Hypocrisy, Life, Truth, Mistake, People

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"Thoughts are like things carried by a river. Capture the best while you can, after they have gone, you have to run after them and if per chance you find them, they are distorted."

"Thoughts are like things carried by a river. Capture the best while you can, after they have gone, you have to run after them and if per chance you find them, they are distorted."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Thoughts, Thought, River, Time, Idea

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"You take away my golden dreams and my visions of paradise, in its place you wake me up and hand me your reasons and facts and crude reality. You have ruined my life. If I commit murder or hang myself, let the god I used to pray to repay you in full."

"You take away my golden dreams and my visions of paradise, in its place you wake me up and hand me your reasons and facts and crude reality. You have ruined my life. If I commit murder or hang myself, let the god I used to pray to repay you in full."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Despair, Dream, Paradise, Reality, God

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"Encouraging words are hands that pool others from the despair of life."

"Encouraging words are hands that pool others from the despair of life."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Encouragement, Word, Despair, Life

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"Good gods are scarce because the majority of gods are created by evil men."

"Good gods are scarce because the majority of gods are created by evil men."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Divinity, Religion, Evil, Creation, Faith

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"You want to be great? Help others achieve their greatness."

"You want to be great? Help others achieve their greatness."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Greatness, Help, Success, Support

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"Writing is sharing. You share what you have. Great writers have more to share."

"Writing is sharing. You share what you have. Great writers have more to share."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Sharing, Writing, Word, Expression

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"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."

"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, Rwandan Author

Sin, Lies, Sex, Politics

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"I am not afraid of what god can do to me. He is already doing it."

"I am not afraid of what god can do to me. He is already doing it."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Divinity, God, Fear, Life, Punishment

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"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."

"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."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Speech, Word, Power, Tongue, Violence

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"When I look at the multitude of the gods of the past held in esteem by great civilisations now cast aside as pagan idols, I wonder wether tomorrow the gods we hold in high esteem won't suffer the same fate."

"When I look at the multitude of the gods of the past held in esteem by great civilisations now cast aside as pagan idols, I wonder wether tomorrow the gods we hold in high esteem won't suffer the same fate."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Divinity, Past, Idols, Fate, Tomorrow

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"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."

"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."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Jealousy, Envy, Goal, Destruction, Satisfaction

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"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."

"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."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Divinity, God, Responsibility, Fear

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"A gloomy face drives friends away."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Mood, Friend, Life, Emotion

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"Arrogance is the last thing to die."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Arrogance, Death, Survival, Ego

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"A man is called a sinner not because he sins more than others but because he defends he sins and glories in them and is unwilling to seek forgiveness."

"A man is called a sinner not because he sins more than others but because he defends he sins and glories in them and is unwilling to seek forgiveness."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Sin, Forgiveness, Glory, Religion

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"Words are seeds, you are what you've heard."

"Words are seeds, you are what you've heard."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Words, Word, Speech, Influence, Life

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"The lack of power is the source of all unhappiness."

"The lack of power is the source of all unhappiness."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Weakness, Power, Unhappiness, Life, Strength

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"As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats."

"As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Bravery, War, Defeat, Learning, Struggle

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"A bad word triggers another in your opponent. Be ready to reap what you plant."

"A bad word triggers another in your opponent. Be ready to reap what you plant."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Speech, Word, Conflict, Consequence

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"Don't complain against life, it may hear you and double your suffering."

"Don't complain against life, it may hear you and double your suffering."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Complaint, Life, Suffering, Negativity

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"Everybody would be a dictator if he could."

"Everybody would be a dictator if he could."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Tyranny, Power, People, Desire, Control

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"Good at the wrong place and time becomes evil, evil in the right place and time becomes good."

"Good at the wrong place and time becomes evil, evil in the right place and time becomes good."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Morality, Evil, Time, Relativity

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"Billions of years before I was born I did not need religion, why should I need it, billions of years after I cease to exist."

"Billions of years before I was born I did not need religion, why should I need it, billions of years after I cease to exist."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Philosophy, Religion, Existence, Death

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"Charity: begins at home and remains there. When it goes out, it's because it wants to brag about itself."

"Charity: begins at home and remains there. When it goes out, it's because it wants to brag about itself."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Charity, Home, Life, Self

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"If success is a miracle then you must be the miracle worker."

"If success is a miracle then you must be the miracle worker."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Success, Miracle, Achievement, Faith

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"Science cannot disprove god. Science studies the things that are. The eternal question is who or what made them to be."

"Science cannot disprove god. Science studies the things that are. The eternal question is who or what made them to be."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Science, God, Infinite, Study

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"Gods are fragile beings. They depend on the hospitality of those who believe in them."

"Gods are fragile beings. They depend on the hospitality of those who believe in them."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Divinity, Belief, Hospitality, Faith, Dependence

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"Slavery has not been abolished, it has been sanitized."

"Slavery has not been abolished, it has been sanitized."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Slavery, Life, History, Truth

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"Death actually never kills you, time does."

"Death actually never kills you, time does."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Mortality, Death, Time, End, Life

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"Make your paradise here on earth, your own little paradise."

"Make your paradise here on earth, your own little paradise."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Paradise, Earth, Life, Creation

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"Words create. Know what you want to create before you speak."

"Words create. Know what you want to create before you speak."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Words, Word, Creation, Speech, Power

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"Fiction writers, magicians, politicians and priests are the only people rewarded for entertaining us with their lies."

"Fiction writers, magicians, politicians and priests are the only people rewarded for entertaining us with their lies."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Deception, Fiction, Lies, Politicians, Reward

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"Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse."

"Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Deception, Evil, Abuse, Defense, Perception

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"Never close your hands in the face of evil fate, get up and rebel against it."

"Never close your hands in the face of evil fate, get up and rebel against it."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Rebellion, Fate, Evil, Rebel, Strength

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"We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our hero."

"We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our hero."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Life, Heroism, Guidance, Inspirational, Influence

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"Don't be alarmed, the god I am trying to kill is the one I hate, not the one I love."

"Don't be alarmed, the god I am trying to kill is the one I hate, not the one I love."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Religion, God, Hate, Love, Faith

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"Life is like a comet that briefly crosses the night sky without almost being noticed."

"Life is like a comet that briefly crosses the night sky without almost being noticed."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Existence, Life, Night, Journey

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"Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself."

"Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Silence, Enemy, Revelation, Strategy

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"Everybody say it's impossible, but I'll try to make it possible."

"Everybody say it's impossible, but I'll try to make it possible."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Determination, Possibility, Courage, Optimism

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"Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters."

"Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Honesty, Truth, Danger, Integrity

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"Its ok to be different, the climate is not the same in every mind."

"Its ok to be different, the climate is not the same in every mind."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Individuality, Mind, Climate, People, Life

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"Destiny is not what you become but what you do with it."

"Destiny is not what you become but what you do with it."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Life, Self, Growth, Change

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"Only the weak hit the fly with a hammer."

"Only the weak hit the fly with a hammer."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Weakness, Violence, Power, Control

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

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

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Culture, Identity, Tradition, Humanity

"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."

"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."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Pessimism, Belief, World, Action

"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."

"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."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Courage, Fear, Ownership, Life

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