…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

What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to reap the benefits?

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

When faced with difficulties, a humble, understanding, appreciative and selfless person finds it easy to win a friend. On the other hand, a temperamental, egoistic, condensing, self-absorbed, self-conceited and narrow-minded person who lacks the basic sense of humility easily loses friends when in distress.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

When singers, actors or artists touch on sorrow, they are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows. The job of the singer, actor or artists, in general, is to make us comfortable with our feelings or emotions―be it pain, hurt, anger, hatred, sadness, pleasure, love, cheerfulness or joy.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

When somebody you love dies, a phase of life’s innocence dies with that person, and a part of you dies as well.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

When we tend to be too hard on those we love, we erode the softness of our souls in the process, taking out the humanity within us that is the nucleus of our goodness, even if our actions are for their own sake.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

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

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando