«Genocide in Rwanda»13 quotes & wishes. January
Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
God is not absentWhat I learned in Rwanda was that God is not absent when great evil is unleashed. Whether that evil is man-made or helped along by darker forces, God is right there, saving those who respond to His urgings and trying to heal the rest.
James Riordan Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
Great human traumaRwanda, which is one of the younger independent states in Africa, must be regarded as a model of how great human trauma can be transformed to commence true reconstruction of people. Human trauma can lead to stunted growth and mass withdrawal.
Wole Soyinka Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
I believeI believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.
Immaculee Ilibagiza Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
I knowI know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists, and therefore I know there is a God.
Romeo Dallaire Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
Model or truth and reconciliationGiven the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation.
Wole Soyinka Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
More determined to forgiveIn all my travels, I’ve never seen a country’s population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.
(The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones)
Rick Warren Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
More secure and prosperousRwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.
Stephen Kinzer Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
Our apathyIf the pictures of tens of thousands of human bodies being gnawed on by dogs do not wake us out of our apathy, I do not know what will.
Kofi Annan Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
Preaching hopeWe are preaching hope, standing on the bones of the past.
(The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones)
John Rucyahana Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
Rwanda can be a paradise againRwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that’s as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.
Immaculee Ilibagiza Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
The night I flew out from RwandaThe night I flew out from Rwanda, I landed in Nairobi, and I was on my way back home, and my left side started to paralyze and remained paralyzed with pain, and the stress and so on began to appear physically.
Romeo Dallaire Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
The world failed the people of RwandaIn their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.
Kofi Annan Quotes and wishes: «Genocide in Rwanda»
Without questioningThe perpetrators of genocides are usually men of the herd, men who follow orders without questioning them. Rwanda was no exception.
(The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones)
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