Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl Of Wisdom Quotes

I thought it was love. No, it wasn't. It was marriage

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.

You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster

We are not moved by reasons but by emotions

Before marriage a man prays that she accepts, after marriage a woman prays that he accepts

Some people should never be told truth. Their stomachs are not mature enough for that type of food

I used to give too much importance to reason until I discovered the world was shaped not by reason but by emotion

I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married

If you want an abscess to cure you must press it hard

Nothing annoys in this world as a nagging wife

You don't have to finish today, what is important is that you finish. But remember today might be the last day of your life.

Eternity is today

I am not an atheist. I simply believe in a god different from yours

Before marriage man prays that god give him a wife, after marriage he prays that god save him from her.

Even if you can't win show defeat it can't get it the easy way.

To the bachelor, the language of women is mystery. In those matters, a married man is already a scholar

Don't expect it to be given to you. It is there already. Get it if you want it.

Everybody would be a dictator if he could.

It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong

Truth was not meant to be told but found

Wife: a former girlfriend

Love is always based on self-interest

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

It's not what we can do that makes us great, but what we can do but don't which make us great

I don't care about eternity. I was not their when it began, I will not be there when it ends

You don't need a great cathedral for a great marriage. All you need is fate to be on your side

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

Husband: a former boyfriend

Hate is more felt than love

If you want to be extremely important in people's lives, give them extremely good services they can't find anywhere else

There are many languages in the world but the most widely spoken and understood by everyone are power, love and money.

The hardest thing is a man to truly know himself

After a long time in laboratories, psychologists have discovered the holy grail of a happy marriage: I applied it and it didn't work

At the beginning love is a fact, at the end it's a theory

To faith doubt is a sin, to science a virtue, to love a cancer and to life, suicide

The lack of power is the source of all unhappiness

Life is a sweet sour adventure. When you want to go it becomes sweet, when you remain, it becomes sour

Marriage is but a consolidation of resources

Love is a sweet dream until the hand of reality wakes you up

The powerful have no conscience

Death is the great incorruptible corruptor

The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit

You say you need to love others, but do you love yourself

Love has its own eyes, and they are more efficient at the beginning and faulty at the end

Forget about the great astounding victory. Focus on winning small victories every day, the final victory will come by itself

Prepare for a radio, for nothing is silent like the grave

Love starts having troubles when the brains encroaches on its territory

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

You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there

When a man marries, it's proof he can't govern his life. He needs a governess