Janvier Chouteu-Chando Quotes

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

~ Janvier Chouteu-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

...Realization is born from error...

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

…the purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...Past joys and achievements give us the outlines of how to get to a state of happiness again. That memory is a treasure that can never be taken away. At least we know where we were, what we have lost, what we miss and what more to add to our experiences.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

… a person who tries to use reasoning to explain faith gets lost in the wilderness of incomprehension.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...Hope is a ridiculous failing that we need to harbour in order to lead a serene life…

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...No reformer is worthy of the name if he fails to be the ultimate pacesetter in his own reform drive...

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...The people’s hero does not only have to be someone in possession of the scepter of power. It can be anyone capable of giving unity, prosperity, security, peace and a sense of worthiness to his people. Such a figure gets elevated to the status of a revered hero with the human touch if he imparts a sense of oneness on a multi-racial, multi-ethnic and multi-religious group; especially a diverse people who have been fighting one another for years and centuries...

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...An ethnically heterogeneous society without a unifying hero is bound to be torn apart by internal strife. Only a man capable of bringing about a workable consensus between the diverse people is truly a hero. Such a man has to be a true disciple of peace, unity, solidarity and justice.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest....

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves, but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging, thereby subjecting themselves to the spirit of collective selfishness that is only found in groups...

~ 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

...At the end of the day, what matters is our faith in humanity...

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Stubbornness is the bearer of disaster…

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

We love out of compassion, passion or a sense of commitment.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

These quasi-faithful are growing in strength. They are the fundamentalists today, and they abound in all the religions.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Grief, my friend, forces us to search our souls and find answers to issues that constrain us from becoming better human beings.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Isn’t materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Son, it is bad for a man to be condemned by his children, more so by the sons he cherishes.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

the depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Life is so sweet even though it is full of lies and half truths...

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

…reality is the make-believe of the majority that can only thrive in conformity.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The greatest sacrifice a man can make is the image of his soul.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando