Bangambiki Habyarimana Quotes

Doubt is the first ray of illumination

Never create doubt in a person. Doubts have the habit of hanging around even if the original cause is over. Doubt never wants to be caught unawares again

The worst threat to man is man himself

The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor

Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens

We die a day at a time

Death is the great incorruptible corruptor

What is important is not to fight, but to fight the right enemy

They succeed not because they are perfect but because they do not let their imperfections stand in their way to success.

If there are any ifs to salvation then no one is saved by grace. Everyone saves himself who can meet the requirements

I don't criticise the free choice of others, and I ask others do the same to me

Death actually never kills you, time does

How to write a book? Start writing, continue writing and finish writing.

Slavery has not been abolished, it has been sanitized

Don't look for the devil outside, look inside and exorcise yourself

Only dogs know and respect their masters. This is a rare characteristic of men who secretly envy their masters and wish their downfall.

Genius is nothing but a mastery of the subject at hand

Sometimes geniuses create nothing new, they organize already existing material into something completely useful in other ways

Trouble is the place where you find yourself when your judgment malfunction

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

Give dry bread to a rich kid and he will throw it into the dustbin, give it to the poor kid and he will remember your name for the rest of his days

You are as free as a prisoner in an open air prison

Eternity is today

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

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

An angry enemy is a conquered enemy

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

Truth was not meant to be told but found

Everyone prays to his own god, that's why miracles happen to some and not to others

It used to be said "Build it and they will come, " now it is "Build it and bribe them in".

To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself.

Planning is worrying based on facts

Civilization has made life a humanized jungle, a sugar coated jungle, but still a jungle

Politicians look for interests not people

A politician will promise the moon but deliver an ant hill

Mix carefully truth and deceit, you have politics

In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelines

We fight exploitation of man by man in words but live it in daily life

Live as if you were a country and other people as other nations. Then learn politics

Politics preys on people's naivety

Politicians are a breed of the human race who believe they know everything

Be persistent like a mosquito, at the end you will get your bite

They will call you immoral if you dare to describe their immorality

Only the weak hit the fly with a hammer

The only way anyone can hope to live after death is if he leaves something that posterity can remember him for.

Hoarding can never end, for the heart of man always covets for more, its raging appetites can only be quenched by the heavy sands of the grave.

Arrogance is the last thing to die

There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him.

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

Why do we love heroes? Because life is a fight.