"Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world."

"Writers understand the world better, but they lack the strength to change it. Perhaps that is so because they understand their limitations more than others."

"Men have the blood of their fathers and the passions of their mothers, in the same sense that women have the blood of their mothers and the passions of their fathers. We often find ourselves trapped in life when we fail to balance the two. The most unusual of men are those who are haunted by the warped blood of their fathers and the untamed passions of their mothers. They become either the legends of the legends that mankind remembers for generations or they end up as the fools of their time."

"The people are like an audience watching a drama. They have characters whose sides they chose even before the start of the show, but they know little or nothing about the people behind the stage-the manipulators."

"True heroes don't fall. They only encounter temporary setbacks as they forge ahead towards progress."

"Human ties are the greatest distorters of reality because they tend to conceal man's worst selfish instincts."

"Reality is the make-believe of the majority that can only thrive in conformity."

"A writer needs a partner who can act as fuel to his artistic mind, yet has the great ability to sober him up and help him be in sync with the non-artistic part of his soul."

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

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

"You can't say you love man as an individual if you have not dealt with the person's complex personality, his or her unfamiliar habits, disturbing impulses and biological makeup."

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

"A good relationship with our children is the ultimate comfort we have while dying."

"A land is precious, but ours is to be revered."

"A man can't talk of true happiness if he has never known true love-the trusting, selfless and unconditional love that I took for granted."

"Stubbornness is the bearer of disaster."

"We, humans, have come up with so many superficialities that are completely unnecessary for our existence and happiness on earth."

"Life is a rare fantasy that can be made a reality by being objective."

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

"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."

"Fear is a basic human instinct and an indicator of the gravity of a situation. It becomes an asset if it is effectively controlled. It becomes a weakness for a man if he lets it prevail over him."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Perhaps fate has a way of turning things around and making something good out of the action of someone who failed humanity without meaning to."

"Nothing crushes the soul of a father more than the loss of the beloved son he failed to lavish his love on."

"Why do we complicate life, when it was meant to be very simple?"

"Hold onto your creativity, that idealism that is rooted in some degree of innocence and a firm belief in something finer than the things we already have."

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

"It is better for a realist to bend his will and ethics to accommodate a true friend than it is for him to stick to his principles that may turn the friend into an adversary."

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