Immaculee Ilibagiza
Immaculee Ilibagiza
Immaculée Ilibagizais a Rwandan author and motivational speaker. She is also a Roman Catholic and Tutsi. Her first book, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, is an autobiographical work detailing how she survived during the Rwandan Genocide. She was featured on PBS on one of Wayne Dyer's programs, and also on a December 3, 2006 segment of 60 Minutes...
NationalityRwandan
ProfessionAuthor
CountryRwanda
hate heart true-power
I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger--to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative feelings came upon me, I wouldn't wait for them to grow or fester. I would always turn immediately to the Source of all true power: I would turn to God and let His love and forgiveness protect and save me.
love supposed
I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
entire happened heal love rwanda wounded
Rwanda 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.
They can only kill us once.
believe heart healing
I believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.
world bigs power-of-forgiveness
The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
heart differences world
The love of a single heart can make a world of difference.
moving mountain would-be
Faith moves mountains, if faith were easy there would be no mountains.
brother prayer journey
Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
danger humans human-beings
When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger.
spiritual forgiving world
God's message extends beyond borders. Anyone in the world can learn to forgive those who have injured them, however great or small that injury may be.
powerful love-is hatred
I've seen hatred and I have seen love. And love is more powerful.
thinking justice forgiving
To me, I think justice is part of forgiving, if it is well done with love.
war battle i-realized
I realized that my battle to survive this war would have to be fought inside of me.