Top 500 Bangambiki Habyarimana Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “A saint is not a person who does not sin; but a sinner who never stops doing good.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

252. “I am not holier than you, you are not holier than me. Any one who thinks he is holier than the rest deludes himself.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

254. “Gods are like culture, the most known and powerful are those believed by powerful nations.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

255. “War is the art of killing each other brutally, diplomacy is the art of killing each other softly.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

256. “If you want a meaningful life for yourself don’t ask “What can the world offer to me?” but “What can I offer to the world?”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

257. “If you present yourself as food, you will be eaten.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

258. “He who does nothing to stop evil condones it.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

259. “Every successful writer is bleeding somewhere, has a thorn in his flesh or suffers from some delusion. The most successful are the most suffering.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

260. “No, it’s not advertising; it’s mind control.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

261. “Genius is when you strike a chord accidently, and the ensuing music is beyond your control.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

262. “In the beginning there was nothing, and then god created “me”.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

263. “The dictator says “You are allowed to think as you want” but never write it down or talk about it. If you cross these borders we cannot guarantee your security.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

264. “True understanding lies beyond the desert.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

265. “Love is like life; when you stop to think about it and analyse the parts that make it, the genie escapes from the bottle.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

266. “Reason is the gatekeeper, but it cannot resist the rushing torrents of emotion.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

267. “There are no superior or inferior races. No one is intrinsically inferior or superior. All have the same value as creatures of god. Those who put others down simply want to exploit them.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

268. “The defining moment is not losing a war, but hope.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

269. “You want to be great? Help others achieve their greatness.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

270. “Beware of somebody who suddenly begins to call you “friend”.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

271. “If anyone rises to power, it’s not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren’t destined for the honor.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

272. “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.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

273. “Some cats are angry at being called cats. To achieve peace with them, never call them by their real name.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

274. “Unless you have completely destroyed your enemy, your survival is precarious.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

275. “Doubt is the archenemy of love. He is the scoundrel who accused her to reason.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

276. “You are received the way you present yourself.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

277. “I came into marriage with love but when I got there she refused the dictatorship and fled away, I and my wife are looking for her. Anyone who finds her please contact us. We swear not to harm her again.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

278. “There is time for a fight and a time for a flight; knowing the right time to do one or the other can mean the difference between life and death.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

279. “Politicians know it’s a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

280. “I wrote a “holy book” as a fun way to test if I could and see if people could believe in it, before long people told me they were seeing visions of the gods and afterlife I had described. People had really strong faith in the scriptures I had written. Of course I insisted they were inspired. And they believed it. You can’t imagine how gullible people can be.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

281. “Truth is emotional, it is based on vested interests. A lie that defends my interests is the absolute truth, but truth that goes against my survival is a pure lie. We know the objective truth, but we smear it, tarnish it and assassinate it if it speaks against our wellbeing.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

282. “Even our friendship with ourselves will end. A day is coming when you and yourself will be split apart and will never be able to meet again.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

284. “Fate smiles to the bold.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

285. “When your dream turns into a nightmare, rise to the challenge and slaughter the dragons.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

286. “If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry leopard told a fallen, panting, imploring gazelle.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

287. “The merchants of hope will never go out of business.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

288. “Formally and officially we are equal before the law, we enjoy the same rights as citizens but informally and unofficially that’s another matter altogether.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

289. “It’s hard to live in a man’s world when you are not the only woman in it.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

290. “The lack of power is the source of all unhappiness.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

291. “You think you know the truth. You no longer want to hold it from public gaze, you reveal it to simple souls who can’t manage it and you lead them into unbelief, then you are left with a mob of monsters you do not know what to do with.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

292. “If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

293. “The world will not know peace until we learn to understand each other’s emotions.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

294. “Neighbor: the nicest enemy you will ever get.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

295. “The powerful are like a compressor, they will grind into paste everything on their way.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

296. “Even if everybody says it’s impossible, with determination, there is always something you can do. The last thing is to give up without trying.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

298. “A lie is the truth told to the ear that seeks to hear what is not destined to.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

299. “To hell with hell, God is Love.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

300. “An entrepreneur is not deterred by his lack of perfection, he knows no one else is.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana