Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking his neighbor into…

- Paul Rusesabagina

Pastors started killing their church members and church members killed pastors. Husbands killed wives. It's a situation no one can describe.

- Paul Rusesabagina

History never seems to teach us any lessons. But that is no reason to give up.

- Paul Rusesabagina

Facts are almost irrelevant to most people. We make decisions based on emotion and then justify them later with whatever facts we can scrounge up in …

- Paul Rusesabagina

If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play - if we want to change the world - we must first show up on the field…

- Paul Rusesabagina

We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.

- Paul Rusesabagina

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 t…

- Paul Rusesabagina

Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.

- Paul Rusesabagina

Everybody was willing to give me a job. But I wanted to do something different. I saw myself as an independent person, self-employed.

- Paul Rusesabagina