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

"The truest feeling of happiness is the security that comes with being loved."

"The vicissitude of life teaches us about our limitations in a world with no guarantees and permanence."

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

"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."

"Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important."

"When somebody you love dies, a phase of life's innocence dies with that person, and a part of you dies as well."

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

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

"The basis of love that most people share is the intimacy they developed with their partners, the intensity of their attraction, or the similarity of their thought patterns."

"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."

"A yesterday missed can never be found even in a fine tomorrow."

"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."

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

"At what point is normal natural?"

"Evil is something you need to fight until it ceases trying to control you."

"The greatest sacrifice a man can make is the image of his soul."

"In dealing with others, man is inherently a slave to his preconceptions, to the stereotypes he became familiar with that made life easier for him to comprehend."

"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?"

"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."

"Don't be afraid of those failures that do not lead to a loss of life or that do not incapacitate people."

"We need the wisdom to accept the fact that this world abounds with issues we cannot solve; and we need to part ways with those people, ideas and things that are a vexation to the soul."

"Love and hate when stretched to their extremes blind reasoning."

"There is no permanence or guarantee in this life."

"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."

"A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules."

"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."

"Love has no color, love has no language and love has no religion."

"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."

"Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions."

"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."

"The depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls."

"The true leaders of our time, the legends of this world or the movers of the movers are the towering figures that are blessed with beautiful minds, receptive ears and directing voices. They are the ones we should emulate in life."

"Kindness is a source of relief to the soul of the giver, creating a sense of fortitude that is incomprehensible to those who do not know what kindness is all about."

"What else do we have to ensure our sanity except our love for something beyond ourselves-our love for our families, our love for our fatherland?"

"Most people live lives that are full of mysteries, lives whose ultimate purpose we may never really understand. But for the sake of serenity, we must believe in life's nobleness."

"Blissfulness is the summit of contentment."

"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."

"Most people have this tendency to make judgments on others based on preconceptions, especially when they are dealing with them for the first time."

"What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?"

"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."

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

"What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to reap the benefits?"

"In your selflessness pursuit of things higher than yourself, you appear selfish or inconsiderate to those who truly love you and who have cared deeply about you from the first day you came into their lives."

"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."

"The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul."

"Isn't reality based on the prevailing culture, the trend that people want to identify with?"

"Never give up the freeness of your soul. Live your duty to mankind, nurture creatures of this world as a true mother of the earth, but never shut your imagination off from those desires that distinguish you from the ordinary. Never allow yourself to be sapped of that extraordinary energy that is the necessary ingredient for creating something new and progressive."

"The scrupulous survivors in life are the best counterweight to unscrupulous survivors."

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