253 quotes found
“My patria vera or true fatherland is the place that enriches my soul.”
“a person who tries to use reasoning to explain faith gets lost in the wilderness of incomprehension.”
“The purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul.”
“It was one thing to be fooled, and another thing to be taken for a fool all the time.”
“Love and hate when stretched to their extremes blind reasoning.”
“He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.”
“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.”
“...There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest...”
“Only a fool would find happiness from an achievement that is detrimental to those he loves.”
“...No man is foolish when his friend betrays him because a mans world is most serene when he has people to trust and call friends. After all, is it not often said that a friend is another self?”
“...Never opt for war, no matter how simple it may seem, especially when you know that peace is achievable, even if achieving that peace entails going through a complicated and protracted process,”
“...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...”
“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.”
“...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 h...”
“...A legendary leader distinguishes himself as someone who gets ahead of his people from an impasse and futile general consensus, and then finds new grounds that constitute the base from which a un...”
“...Bad leaders are known to destroy one, more or even all of the foundations of their peoples way of life...”
“Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you dont want to be a slave to external powers.”
“What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?”
“Most of our brains are out, but it is good what they did for themselves by leaving this country. They are Cameroons reserve for development, for the day that this country shall be free. Your late f...”
“The Cameroonian soul is genuine. It is noble, and it embodies humanism.”