Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl On The Trail Quotes
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.
…reality is the make-believe of the majority that can only thrive in conformity.
Why do we complicate life, when it was meant to be very simple?
Isn’t reality based on the prevailing culture, the trend that people want to identify with?
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.
There is no bigger gratification than the realization of the things you believe in after overcoming all the odds.
Having a deep sense of understanding is a huge burden for a mind that can’t directly influence things.
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.
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.
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.
Don’t be afraid of those failures that do not lead to a loss of life or that do not incapacitate people.
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.
We still need to give our best to life even if we do not understand the purpose of our existence on earth.
…the truest feeling of happiness is the security that comes with being loved.
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.
The scrupulous survivors in life are the best counterweight to unscrupulous survivors.
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.
I think preconceived ideas or prejudgments are meant to give us an edge whenever we are dealing with others we don’t know or haven’t made the effort to understand.
The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul.
Some honest people think it is better to know the ways of the devil without being evil.
Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their own feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they weave.
... People who are the spices of this world are the natural souls with instincts and impulses that have not been pruned by evolution and civilization.
Never allow yourself to be sapped of your extraordinary energy that is the necessary ingredient for creating something new and progressive.
With true love, you can move mountains, make unusual sacrifices, live a life of deprivations and still be happy.