Our time here on the earth is short, and our chance to make a difference is tiny. For me the grinding blocks of history came together in such a way that I was able to take what fragile defense I… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
A sad truth of human nature is that it is hard to care for people when they are abstractions, hard to care when it… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
I think I'm a happy man, and I'm a blessed man. I have been able to adjust to any situation, whatever it was, in… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency. — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
“There is something living deep within us all that welcomes, even relishes, the role of victimhood for ourselves. There is no cause in the… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
History never seems to teach us any lessons. But that is no reason to give up. — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
“I still wonder how policy officials... can sit down at the table with their families and have any appetite for food, or go to… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
Pastors started killing their church members and church members killed pastors. Husbands killed wives. It's a situation no one can describe. — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
Facts are almost irrelevant to most people. We make decisions based on emotion and then justify them later with whatever facts we can scrounge… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
“It always bothers me when I hear Rwanda's genocide described as a product of "ancient tribal hatreds." I think this is an easy way… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives. — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
“The other thing you have to understand was that the message crept into our national consciousness very slowly. It did not happen all at… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
