Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

"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."

"Feelings, rationale and values are the top qualities that make a person exceedingly human."

"... Realization is born from error..."

"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."

"The Cameroonian soul is genuine. It is noble, and it embodies humanism."

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

"... History is the key to the unity of a people. Its nostalgia pulls them together. Its gloom separates them further. Its successes make them stronger."

"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,"

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

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

"A woman’s love is all a man should expect from his wife. That love could be translated into so many positive things, especially if it is reciprocated."

"No true...father would be unconcerned about discord in his family that may cause it to disintegrate in his absence..."

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

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

"…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?"

"Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions."

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

"The good shall prevail in the end, the truth shall be the rule and the Cameroonian soul shall be free,” Hans said in an emotion-choked voice, “However, we should never lose our heads; we should always be prepared to forgive all the repentant souls."

"Most of our brains are out, but it is good what they did for themselves by leaving this country. They are Cameroon’s reserve for development, for the day that this country shall be free. Your late father was an intelligent man. He was even more than that. He was a sage. He once said to me that the intelligent Bamilekés are those who have sought a better future for themselves and for their families in British Cameroons. He was right. They have not been brainwashed as much as their francophone brothers have. If he were alive today, I am sure he would have judged that the intelligent Cameroonians are those who have sought refuge out of Cameroon."