Top 100 Janvier Chouteu-Chando Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “The narrow-minded find it convenient to create stereotypes, and then try to fit everybody, everything and every situation into those stereotypes.”

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52. “Man craves joy far more than anything else in life, but there is nothing as madly intoxicating as the feeling of joy that comes from the soul.”

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53. “Cameroon is not a country of slaves that no man can free.”

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54. “The masses often let themselves down and even those at the forefront who are hoisting the flag of the cause that is intended to alleviate their miseries. However, they do not do so out of wickedness or malice. Often times, they betray their interests out of incomprehension, docility and resignation to the status quo. In a subtle way, the masses often end up collaborating with those oppressing them.”

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55. “There are people who bring joy to our lives, but who fail to make us happy. They are the people for the moment. Never rely on their love because it is not sustainable. Their love is alike a comet that illuminates the sky, but then fades away because it lacks the sustainable energy of the sun.”

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56. “Sometimes, our pride compels us to engage in costly wars when a true commitment to a compromising peace would have been the best course to pursue.”

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57. “Always strive to get what you want, what you need, especially if your intentions are good and nobody gets hurt in the process.”

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58. “Never allow yourself to be sapped of your extraordinary energy that is the necessary ingredient for creating something new and progressive.”

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59. “Faith goes hand in hand with the belief in a supreme purpose that includes everybody, a purpose that is for mankind’s ultimate peace, harmony and happiness.”

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60. “A good relationship with our children is the ultimate comfort we have while dying.”

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61. “Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world.”

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62. “The Romans construed Jesus Chris’s crucifixion as a defeat, but what do we have today? Christianity triumphed. Jesus Christ never betrayed himself, he never betrayed his mission and he never corrupted the ideas that God wants us to live by. The Cameroonian soul is genuine. It is noble, and it embodies humaneness. There is no reason to try to kill it because it will triumph ultimately.”

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63. “These quasi-faithful are growing in strength. They are the fundamentalists today, and they abound in all the religions.”

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64. “True heroes don’t fall. They only encounter temporary setbacks as they forge ahead towards progress.”

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65. “Huh! Mankind always comes up with ideas to make up for the follies of the status quo. But what happens if those ideas are inflexible and fail to respond to the changing times. They end up betraying the people who believed in them.”

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66. “Hope is soothing, but it can become deceptive if we cling to it as the last resort against reality.”

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67. “Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them.”

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68. “In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions. That is how we ended up complicating our world.”

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69. “We still need to give our best to life even if we do not understand the purpose of our existence on earth.”

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70. “Isn’t materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?”

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71. “Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their personal feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they have weaved. And in a curious way, without them really knowing it, writers are the sum total of the characters they created in their heads or in their writings. Yes, My Dear Tania; writers are capable of reflecting their characters, even though most of them are determined to be just like your ordinary guy next door.”

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72. “A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it.”

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73. “Life is a mighty joke that is not meant to be funny.”

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74. “We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre.”

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75. “A man has a hard time feeling fulfilled when he lives a life that does not serve a purpose that is more than himself.”

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76. “Some honest people think it is better to know the ways of the devil without being evil.”

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77. “He learned... never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.”

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78. “Our love for our country is worth nothing if it deprives us of our sense of humanity, if it destroys positive consensus.”

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79. “Societies and people that come close to being happy are those that do well in narrowing the disparity between their desires and their needs, especially the material things of life.”

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80. “Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?”

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81. “A true businessperson should also be a true humanist who understands that he stands to gain the most in a world that is stable for those he deals with, even if they do not fare as well as he does.”

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82. “A grandmother’s love is selfless all the way to the bones.”

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83. “Writers are the most tormented of all the different categories of artists that are out there in the world.”

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84. “Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions.”

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85. “It is not something we often find out; but most of the specially-gifted have a deep desire to be ordinary.”

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86. “Survivors and prevailers are those who love themselves above failure and everything else except the abstract and mysterious.”

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87. “What is the purpose of wealth if it cannot serve an ideal that enhances humanity and betters the lives of the people, even if that means those we have never met before in our lives?”

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88. “You know you are getting old when yesterday turns out to be a fading memory you have difficulties recollecting, when today becomes a challenge that is hard to grasp and when tomorrow promises an uncertainty that you dread encountering.”

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89. “Remember these, Sons! Truth presented with tenderness enriches the soul of man and enhances humanity in the process. A Franco-Cameroonian relation based on truth and nurtured with tenderness will be to the benefit not only of Kamerun and France, but also of mankind as a whole.”

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90. “Why do we complicate life, when it was meant to be very simple?”

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91. “Singers, actors or artists who touch on sorrow are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows.”

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92. “Only a fool would find happiness from an achievement that is detrimental to those he loves.”

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93. “When faced with difficulties, a humble, understanding, appreciative and selfless person finds it easy to win a friend. On the other hand, a temperamental, egoistic, condensing, self-absorbed, self-conceited and narrow-minded person who lacks the basic sense of humility easily loses friends when in distress.”

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94. “A man who does not honor the company of his true friends will never see the light of true love.”

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95. “Son, it is bad for a man to be condemned by his children, more so by the sons he cherishes.”

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96. “Grief, my friend, forces us to search our souls and find answers to issues that constrain us from becoming better human beings.”

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97. “Male writers who never find the stabilizing force of an understanding woman in their lives usually end up as the jaded figures of their days, the types who give much artistic expression to the world, but who are lonely in their overcrowded worlds of love.”

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98. “The greatest sacrifice a man can make is the image of his soul.”

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99. “Lies and partial truths complicate life.”

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100. “Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.”

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