Top 500 Bangambiki Habyarimana Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

352. “The eyes of god are upon you, I mean the eyes of society. We are prisoners of societies in which we live.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

354. “The power of the writer is to capture the thoughts live and present them as they appeared in his mind.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

356. “Opportunity is always coming but never knocks on the door. You have to get up and meet him.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

357. “Two things are difficult about writing a novel. Starting and finishing.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

358. “Sometimes I have a good idea, something I wish I could remember, and instead of writing it down, commit it to my memory only to disappear when I needed it. Write your ideas as they come, if you wait it will be too long and you may not recover it. It may get destroyed as it is to seed to and fro in the ever rushing river of our thoughts.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

359. “Some people spend the best part of their lives living the dreams of others.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

360. “Your true beliefs are known in agony.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

361. “We are moved by self-interest, even when we seek to do good to others.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

362. “You will know a friendship is not natural when you don’t feel relaxed with.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

364. “Can anyone maintain power without lying? It looks to me like living without breathing. Morality apart, I think some evils are part and parcel of nature and we cannot do without them. Sometimes evil is even necessary to run this evil nature.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

365. “Globalization is an attempt to create one global country, and according to the laws of power politics, the greatest nations will take the lead and reap the most benefits from the effort. For those who believe globalization’s aim is to foster equal opportunity among nations, I am sorry; there is no free lunch in human affairs.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

366. “Those who commit suicide, pensive, lonely, philosophers, are awake in life, which is a serious crime. In life everybody must be asleep.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

367. “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.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

368. “Remember that power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

369. “Nobody killed gods, nobody had the intention of killing gods. People simply ignored them as they failed to keep their promises.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

370. “Don’t be alarmed, the god I am trying to kill is the one I hate, not the one I love.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

372. “Politicians are not afraid of their mistakes, they are afraid their mistakes will not succeed.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

373. “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

374. “The mind’s health depends on what it feeds on. Avoid thoughts and conversations that kill your soul.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

376. “Nature cannot be bribed, when the necessary conditions are not met, it does not happen.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

377. “You win even if you lose. You will be celebrated to have dared to confront those terrible odds instead of crossing your arms against danger.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

378. “We hate simple lies we can easily detect but we love lies that are well crafted to the point we take them almost as reality, hard to detect lies that give sense to our lives. He is a messiah anyone who can concoct such lies and presents them to our imaginations.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

380. “Nature tells the truth as it is; it has no euphemism.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

381. “The hardest thing is a man to truly know himself.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

382. “Hell is nothing but a place we wish God has created for our enemies, we ourselves think that he will ultimately show some kind of clemency towards us.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

383. “You don’t get what you want, you get what you can.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

384. “There are many advices on writing. The best I know is stop reading them and start writing.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

385. “Even if god was proved beyond doubt that he did not exist. We would still believe in him. We don’t need hard facts, we need true emotions.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

386. “As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

387. “I don’t care about eternity. I was not their when it began, I will not be there when it ends.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

388. “Isn’t time the only one true god? It makes and breaks.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

389. “Anger turns a man into a beast.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

390. “White hair reminds you that time has finally caught up with you.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

391. “Give me something to worship; whatever.” Cries the human soul.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

392. “If there is heaven, atheists will be the first to put their foot there; they take time to find God personally. They risk losing everything when they decide He does not exist. While believers will swallow anything you throw at them to protect their own self-interests to get to heaven at all cost, atheists want a real God and I believe God will not disappoint such a genuine breed of human beings.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

393. “One author said “I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It’s hard to live a footprint in the sands of history when giants are passing through the same sands unless you are one of the giants.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

395. “Love is better than any weapon; all you have to do is keep it burning in the heart of the victim. He will do whatever you ask him to do.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

396. “It’s an evil fate to fall into the hands of a persecutor who was once persecuted.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

397. “I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can’t take in the strong content they provide.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

398. “Our hearts clearly see our own interests but they are completely blind to other people’s interests.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

399. “Can you die for a false idea? Yes. The reason you die is that you believe it’s not a false idea.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

400. “As long as truth is unknown, there will be religion no matter what science proves.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana