Janvier Chouteu-Chando > Quotes

“In today’s world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“A man’s true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul,”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune

“He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Triple Agent, Double Cross

“We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“...True classical dropouts in society are those who avoid difficult challenges and cling to the first opportunity that comes their way. They never test their talents. These latent talents will only help to produce the next cycle of dropouts...”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper and Other Stories

“Cameroon is not a country of slaves that no man can free.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“It is easier for an ambitious friend to become an enemy than for an enemy to become a friend. It is even easier to make friends than you can find people to trust as friends.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune

“No true...father would be unconcerned about discord in his family that may cause it to disintegrate in his absence...”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Some honest people think it is better to know the ways of the devil without being evil.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“the depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“…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?”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“...There is no worse way to abuse a man’s patriotism than to estrange him from his homeland, be it his ancestral or adopted land...”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Union Moujik

“...political realism is the way forward for any system that is genuinely for humanity or for the interest and advancement of the people of this world.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“...At the end of the day, what matters is our faith in humanity...”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Union Moujik

“...A canonical leader is someone whose exemplary rule might have appeared to be for the alleviation of the pains and miseries of a particular group, but which in reality is for the advancement of humanism...”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper and Other Stories

“These quasi-faithful are growing in strength. They are the fundamentalists today, and they abound in all the religions.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Union Moujik: Janvier Chando &

“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.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Sons, any man who is considered a success in life owes a lot to society. We have been very blessed, my dear sons. We have to show our appreciation to our society for making that possible. A time will come when you will meet other Kamerunians who share the same vision for this land. I am advising you to make them partners in our common goals when that time comes. We shouldn’t shy away from playing a formidable role in financing that political force that shall emerge. We must use our influence to ensure that it succeeds.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Lies and partial truths complicate life.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune

“Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their own feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they weave.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“True heroes and ideas never fall in the final sense of the word. They can only encounter temporary setbacks in their difficult journey to progress and success,”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune

“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?”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“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.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“We are not involved in this struggle only because we think that we will dismantle this system in the course of our life. We hope Cameroon changes tomorrow. But if it doesn’t, we will be happy to know that we made the ground fertile for the next generation that will end the rot in this country, and then establish the “NEW CAMEROON".” Dr. Samuel F. Tchwenko”
― Janvier Tchouteu, Cameroon: France’s Dysfunctional Puppet System in Africa

“Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“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.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“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.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune

“So, you see; you have the soul of a missionary, the heart of a revolutionary and the mind of a reformer. But what are you to yourself and the family and friends who will always be there for you?”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“Obsessive love wears down both its target and the obsessor.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Don’t be afraid of those failures that do not lead to a loss of life or that do not incapacitate people.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail