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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"Men prefer sweet lies to unpleasant truths."

"The greatest thieves are not caught. Not because it's not known that they are thieves but because you cannot accuse them of robbery and live. These thieves are praised as national heroes and liberators or as successful entrepreneurs."

"Religion should teach about hope to come for all, not terror for some."

"As man becomes more technologically advanced, his barbarity becomes even more lethal."

"Most politicians would love to lead politically blind people."

"What some politicians really mean when they saythis country: me, my party, my ethnic groupinternational justice is biased: they want to arrest meterrorists: oppositionillegal immigrants: refugeeselections: remaining in powerpeace: eliminating the oppositioninternational community: the rich countriesthe people: sympathisers of my party."

"Many smiling faces hide a bleeding heart."

"An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on."

"Live in your dream. Refuse to wake up until it is completely over. Then dream again."

"Loneliness is a shadow of death."

"It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed."

"We hate people who honestly tell us what they think about us. We wish we were what we are not."

"Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach."

"A smile is a friend maker."

"If you think you can't, you're wrong and right."

"Would a robber break in your home at night beating drums? Nope. This is how those who want to take advantage of your life come: Full of smiles and promising sincere friendship!"

"Many writers write because they've been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers."

"Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity."

"Then nothing became something, and I was born, and I wrought great havoc in the world in the time allotted to me, and I returned to nothingness."

"The boundary between good and evil are clearer for more common folks but gets blurred more and more as people get more power over their fellows."

"Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him."

"Conscience is the parliament in our mind. It depends on who holds the majority."

"When you start doing the impossible, you make it possible."
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