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Quotes by Cameroonian Authors
"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."
"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."
"Love has no color, love has no language and love has no religion."
"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."
"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?"
"Evil is something you need to fight until it ceases trying to control you."
"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."
"Grief, my friend, forces us to search our souls and find answers to issues that constrain us from becoming better human beings."
"The truest feeling of happiness is the security that comes with being loved."
"A land is precious, but ours is to be revered."
"Only a fool would find happiness from an achievement that is detrimental to those he loves."
"Isn't materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?"
"Hope is soothing, but it can become deceptive if we cling to it as the last resort against reality."
"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."
"Writers are the most tormented of all the different categories of artists that are out there in the world."
"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."
"Why do we complicate life, when it was meant to be very simple?"
"Nothing crushes the soul of a father more than the loss of the beloved son he failed to lavish his love on."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Always strive to get what you want, what you need, especially if your intentions are good and nobody gets hurt in the process."
"Life is a rare fantasy that can be made a reality by being objective."
"We, humans, have come up with so many superficialities that are completely unnecessary for our existence and happiness on earth."
"Stubbornness is the bearer of disaster."
"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."
"A good relationship with our children is the ultimate comfort we have while dying."
"Some honest people think it is better to know the ways of the devil without being evil."
"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."
"Singers, actors or artists who touch on sorrow are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows."
"Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them."
"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."
"Reality is the make-believe of the majority that can only thrive in conformity."
"Human ties are the greatest distorters of reality because they tend to conceal man's worst selfish instincts."
"True heroes don't fall. They only encounter temporary setbacks as they forge ahead towards progress."
"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."
"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."
"Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world."
"When we tend to be too hard on those we love, we erode the softness of our souls in the process, taking out the humanity within us that is the nucleus of our goodness, even if our actions are for their own sake."
"Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge."
"Having a deep sense of understanding is a huge burden for a mind that can't directly influence things."
"The purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul."
"We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre."
"The narrow-minded find it convenient to create stereotypes, and then try to fit everybody, everything and every situation into those stereotypes."
"Feelings, rationale and values are the top qualities that make a person exceedingly human."
"Judgments based on preconceptions make life simple for us to deal with since that means we safely shield ourselves behind barriers of preconception that helped us feel safe in whatever views or assumptions we are having."
"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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