There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.

One word can end a fight

Theology, like fiction, is largely autobiographical.

I'm not going to be at all pleased if you've blinded me, Henry.

I have to think it's possible to suffer a great wrong and walk away from it. To build a life of small, exquisitely important moments.

You are the chief bucket filler, and the best way to fill buckets is with excellent communication.

Grow a leader-grow the organization. A company cannot grow without until its leaders grow within.

Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.

Some people, they've had a lot of fun, even if it was dumb fun and a shitty body of work.

My fans and people who know of my character want to see me become more successful.