Quotes by Rwandan Authors - Page 6

A bad friend is nothing but a spy
Bangambiki Habyarimana
There are friendships that are greater than family bonds, but they are very rare
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A bad friend secretly plots your downfall
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The more I prayed, the more aware I became that, in order to receive God's true blessing, my heart had to be ready to receive His love. But how could He enter my heart when it was holding so much anger and hatred?
Immaculée Ilibagiza
I said the Lord's Prayer hundreds of times, hoping to forgive the killers who were murdering all around me. It was no use-every time I got to the part asking God to "forgive those who trespass against us," my mouth went dry. I couldn't say the words because I didn't truly embrace the feeling behind them. My inability to forgive caused me even greater pain than the anguish I felt in being separated from my family, and it was worse than the physical torment of being constantly hunted.
Immaculée Ilibagiza
There is no sin, no crime, no evil, God cannot forgive
Bangambiki Habyarimana
No one can claim perfection, that's why everyone needs a second chance ad infinitum
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A man is called a saint not because he does no longer sin but because he recognizes his weakness and seeks for forgiveness every time he falls
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
I knew that to really minister to Rwanda's needs meant working toward reconciliation in the prisons, in the churches, and in the cities and villages throughout the country. It meant feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, caring for the young, but it also meant healing the wounded and forgiving the unforgivable.I knew I had to be committed to preaching a transforming message to the people of Rwanda. Jesus did not die for people to be religious. He died so that we might believe in Him and be transformed. I'm engaged in a purpose and strategy that Jesus came to Earth for. My life is set for that divine purpose in Jesus Christ. I was called to that--proclaiming the message of transformation through Jesus Christ.
John Rucyahana
Instead of negotiating or begging for mercy, [my brother Damascene] challenged them to kill him. "Go ahead," he said. "What are you waiting for? Today is my day to go to God. I can feel Him all around us. He is watching, waiting to take me home. Go ahead--finish your work and send me to paradise. I pity you for killing people like it's some kind of child's game. Murder is no game: If you offend God, you will pay for your fun. The blood of the innocent people you cut down will follow you to your reckoning. But I am praying for you. . . I pray that you see the evil you're doing and ask God's forgiveness before it's too late.
Immaculée Ilibagiza
I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger--to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative feelings came upon me, I wouldn't wait for them to grow or fester. I would always turn immediately to the Source of all true power: I would turn to God and let His love and forgiveness protect and save me.
Immaculée Ilibagiza
A physical wound may heal, but a spiritual one may last for ever
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Don't be afraid to fall into the sea. Close your eyes and jump, for you will fall on the back of a big fish which will carry you to your destination
Bangambiki Habyarimana
We know how to read traffic lights, but what don't you know how to read spiritual signs?
Paul Gitwaza
Love is like a shining light in the darkness, closing eyes to pretend you didn't see it will not wash it away.
Jean Nshimiyimana
Your personal problem will bring national answer!
Paul Gitwaza
Error is human,perfection is divine!You are not God! Your mistake is normal.So forgive yourself.
Paul Gitwaza
Take one minute every day and think hard about your life. You will always change for the best.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Some people start to live when they die
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Sometimes the rope seems the only option when at the bottom of the pit. Climb it to safety.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
What's the use of life without health? It's like living dead
Bangambiki Habyarimana
You can truly live if you can see yourself centuries after you have died. Just imagine it. What will people remember about you, how will your grave look like? How will your children live, etc.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Every life is a unique random business
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Don't look for meaning in life. It was meant to be lived not understood
Bangambiki Habyarimana
If you still have fear, you love life
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Nature has endowed us with some measure of insanity to cope with the realities of daily life
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life becomes unbearable when, instead of living it, you stop to think about it.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is a war. Guerrilla warfare, the strategy
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is so sweet. A man will even kiss the a** of his enemy to have his head spared
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is existence with meaning
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is a stampede to get to the top
Bangambiki Habyarimana
There are two important days in your life. The day you discovered you were alive and the day you forgot about it
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is like water in a glass. Drop by drop the glass empties.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Somethings are simply better left the way they are.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The hardest thing in life is a man to be honest with himself
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Your true beliefs are known in agony
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is an invisible stampede
Bangambiki Habyarimana
God's silence is an answer itself.
Paul Gitwaza
When you finally understand the meaning of life, you come to the conclusion it has none after all
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Most of our waking life is make believe. If there was a way to record every dream that crosses our minds, the true nature of humans would be laid bare
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Do you know why we show respect to life when it shows none to us? Family is the answer
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Water in, water out until there is no water to run and the riverbed runs dry. That's life
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life has no map; it's made of random events, always caused by something beyond your control.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is just a dream, to some it's a sweet dream, to others, a nightmare. But whatever it is, it's always short and dissipates quickly.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
We live like sheep in line waiting to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse. We eat and laugh and fight as we see those in front of us fall to the knife
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A small event as tiny as a drop of a pin can change the direction of your entire life
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Don’t complain against life, it may hear you and double your suffering
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
We don't know where we come from and where we go, we fill the missing links with whatever our imaginations can provide us
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Does god need our prayers? No. God doesn't need anything. A god in need is not a god indeed. So why do we pray? We pray out of a sense of gratitude. Prayer is a thank you. We feel better when we have offered our gratitude to the creator. Prayer is for our emotional and spiritual edification
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A bad word triggers another in your opponent. Be ready to reap what you plant
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The author recognizes the power of the persecuting tribe referring to members of hers consistently as "snakes" or "roaches". This dehumanizing language, she realizes, seeps into the subconscious and makes it easier to forget that fellow humans were created in God's image.
Immaculée Ilibagiza
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Can you die for a false idea? Yes. The reason you die is that you believe it’s not a false idea
Bangambiki Habyarimana
We are all sinful. Trouble is that some men consider themselves less sinful than others or holier than others.
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
I don't believe god has a darling tribe or nation, all tribes and nations are his darlings.
Bangambiki Habyarimana