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Quotes by Cameroonian Authors
"I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country."
"We now need to look beyond our immediate future and aim higher and farther."
"The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players."
"They have very good individual players, but they need the collective game. And they still do not have it although there are now only six months left to go."
"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."
"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."
"What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?"
"Most people have this tendency to make judgments on others based on preconceptions, especially when they are dealing with them for the first time."
"Blissfulness is the summit of contentment."
"The depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls."
"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."
"There is no permanence or guarantee in this life."
"Don't be afraid of those failures that do not lead to a loss of life or that do not incapacitate people."
"The greatest sacrifice a man can make is the image of his soul."
"Survivors and prevailers are those who love themselves above failure and everything else except the abstract and mysterious."
"When somebody you love dies, a phase of life's innocence dies with that person, and a part of you dies as well."
"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."
"Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?"
"Never go for someone that represents something that is more of a fantasy than reality in this crazy world of lonely people, unless it is for the shortest time possible, and unless you have clearly figured out an exit strategy."
"We still need to give our best to life even if we do not understand the purpose of our existence on earth."
"The scrupulous survivors in life are the best counterweight to unscrupulous survivors."
"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."
"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."
"He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed."
"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?"
"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."
"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."
"Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions."
"A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules."
"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."
"Love and hate when stretched to their extremes blind reasoning."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"At what point is normal natural?"
"A yesterday missed can never be found even in a fine tomorrow."
"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."
"Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important."
"Our love for our country is worth nothing if it deprives us of our sense of humanity, if it destroys positive consensus."
"The vicissitude of life teaches us about our limitations in a world with no guarantees and permanence."
"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."
"Son, it is bad for a man to be condemned by his children, more so by the sons he cherishes."
"No true...father would be unconcerned about discord in his family that may cause it to disintegrate in his absence..."
"Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don't want to be a slave to external powers."
"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."
"Isn't reality based on the prevailing culture, the trend that people want to identify with?"
"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."
"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?"
"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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