The Great Pearl of Wisdom Quotes

“The end of love looks like the beginning of war”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“If people were employed at creating heaven on earth, everybody would be happy; instead each one is creating his own heaven by creating hell for others.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Life is a dream. We wake up when we die”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“A bad friend is worse than an enemy, an enemy you can see and avoid, but to detect an insincere friend is hard”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“There is no greater heaven than the heart of a loving mother
She takes care of you when you are still in her womb.
She nurtures you after you are born.
She hurts when you fall,
She celebrates when you make your first steps.
She is the only person who genuinely cares about you.
She loves you as she loves herself.
Her heart is your true paradise.
I love you mama.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Excuses and complaints are signs of a dreamless life”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“You will know a friendship is not natural when you don't feel relaxed with”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“There is no greater heaven the heart of a loving mother”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“If you look for evil in people you will not have friends”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“We believe and we hold our beliefs to be true and sacred until the day we discover that we were duped. The end of belief is a challenging moment. You feel lonely, unconnected, with nothing to hang on. Your life becomes empty and aimless. You curse the day doubt entered your mind but you cannot undo the damage. You need to find a new direction for your life, something new to hang your hope on to continue living. And most of the time that thing is you. At that junction in life you will need to believe in you to continue living.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“People like it when others fail and suffer. They get assured they are not alone in that predicament”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“The good thing about death is it kills you once while life kills you for a lifetime. In fact death rescues you from life.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“There is no human relationship that is not based on self-interest”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Giving up is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength. To know that you can't a win a particular battle is wisdom”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“When your dream turns into a nightmare, rise to the challenge and slaughter the dragons”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“If you don't have wings, create them”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Anger turns a man into a beast”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“The most savage of human kind are the most advanced”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“No one respects the weak, but the strong respect each other”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Enemy: A friend whose mask has fallen”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“What's the use of being good if you are not good to yourself?”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Writing is talking, except you get the chance to edit what you just said”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“A saint is not a person who does not sin; but a sinner who never stops doing good”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Envy: Instead of focusing on your own goals, your goal becomes throwing off the rails other people’s goals and at the end of the day you gain nothing but a mischievous satisfaction that you have destroyed someone’s dream”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“White hair reminds you that time has finally caught up with you”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“It's not a miracle you need; you need a change of attitude”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“You may sit home and be safe. But danger and adventure is what makes your life meaningful”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“The day you stop dreaming you will loose your wings”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Politicians are masters in the art of mixing truth and deceit and serving the deadly cocktail to the public as a panacea to their problems”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom