Gabon Quotes

Le monde appartient À la femme africaine combattante, Ambitieuse, éduquée et indépendante. À celle qui ne craint ni la douleur ni la solitude. À celle qui, vêtue d'un esprit de tonnerre, Équipée de sang de guerrière, Éffraie l'échec.

To lead, you must first follow and serve.

To live with courage is to believe in yourself, to go on regardless, to love regardless, and to start over every time.

La femme africaine, en particulier la femme gabonaise, ne doit jamais craindre l’échec. Malgré les oppressions qui attaquent son quotidien, elle se doit d’être intrépide afin de défendre ses droits ; aussi le faire avec classe et intégrité.

Life is a short journey. Be an inspiration.

The simplest form of nuclear reactor requires no equipment at all. If the right quantity of uranium 235 is gathered in the presence of a neutron moderator—water, for example, or graphite, which slows down the movement of the uranium neutrons so that they can strike one another—a self-sustaining chain reaction will begin, releasing molecular energy as heat. The ideal combination of circumstances required for such an event—a criticality—has even aligned spontaneously in nature: in ancient subterranean deposits of uranium found in the African nation of Gabon, where groundwater acted as a moderator. There, self-sustaining chain reactions began underground two billion years ago, producing modest quantities of heat energy—an average of around 100 kilowatts, or enough to light a thousand lightbulbs—and continued intermittently for as long as a million years, until the available water was finally boiled away by the heat of fission.

Ayaana was surveying the longest line on the globe’s three dimensional grid, the equator, the first line of latitude. Her special point zero, 40,075 kilometers long; 78.7 percent across water, 21.3 percent over land, zero degrees, all the Kenya equator places she had never imagined to claim as her own: Nanyuki, Mount Kenya. The invisible equator line crossed only thirteen countries - Kenya, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, São Tomé and Principe, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Uganda, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, and Kiribati - thirteen countries that were the center of the world, and hers was one of them.

Kushtim Mëngjezi erdh, dhe hapi i tij i lehtë Ma ngriti gjumin që më kish në gji, Unë ika malit nga kasoll’ e qetë, Duke u endur me një shpirt të ri; Ma mbushe zemrën me dëfrim e jetë Lulja e vesuar gjithë njomështi; Një dritë hareje befas niste e ndrinte Përtërinte botën që të më përtërinte. Dhe si po ngjitesha nga lumi i dëlirë Pluskonte larg një mjegull pa pushim. Ajo më futi në një mugëtirë, Ma vrenjti rretheqark vështrimin tim; S’do ta shijoja pamjen aq me hirë, Ngaqë u mblodh një muzg, një turbullim; Pastaj prej resh u gjenda si i sulmuar, I vetëm e mes territ i mbuluar. Menj’herë dielli u duk të depërtojë, Në mjegull u ndërpa një qartësi. Këtej zu muzgu tatëpjetë të shkojë; Andej të ngjitë pyll e lartësi. Si desh ky syri im që ta vështrojë, Pas territ diellin, më me bukuri! Luftë e tejdukshme s’kishte përfunduar, Erdh një shkëlqim, dhe mbeta i verbuar. Nuk ta them emrin. Shumëkush mbi tokë Ta thotë shpesh, të quan si të tij, Sikush për shenjë ty të ka në kokë, Po drita jote i sjell vështirësi. Ah, kur gaboja, kisha shumë shokë, Sot që të njoh, jetoj krejt në vetmi; Se lumturinë e ndiej vetëm fare, S’ia shfaq asnjërit dritën magjistare. Ajo po qeshte, e tha: - Tani kupton Pse ta zbulova aq pak këtë pëlhurë! Sapo shikon që rëndë më s’gabon, Sapo më s’je çunak ti, si moskurrë, Dhe nuk përmbush detyrën posi burrë! Sa shquhesh ti ngado për ndonjë vlerë? Kupto, jeto në paqe me të tjerë! Më fal, bërtita, s’kisha keqmendim; T’i hap se koti sytë e mi përherë? Vullnet gazmor jeton në gjakun tim, E njoh dhuratën tënde plot me vlerë! Të tjerët do t’i mbush me atë bekim; Më s’do ta fsheh talentin asnjëherë! Kërkova rrugën aq me dashuri, Dhe mos t’ua them vëllezërve të mi? Dhe siç po flisja, qenia e mrekulluar Më pas me zemër dhe me mëshirim; Në sytë e saj sakaq para lexuar Çfarë kisha bërë drejt e çfarë gabim. Më qeshi, e ndjeva veten të shëruar, Për gaz të ri m’u ngrit mendimi im; Tani, pra, mundja, me besim pa anë, T’i qasesha, ta shihja më nga pranë. Ajo e zgjati dorën që ta kapë Të lehtë si dhe pahun avullor; Dhe duk’e prekur fillmëndafshtën napë Kjo shkriu, u zhduk rrethimi mjegullor. E shtija syrin mbi luginë prapë, Mund ta sodisja qiellin madhështor; Asaj i derdhej cipa m’e kulluar Rreth shtatit t’hijshëm duke valëzuar. - Të njoh, ta di çdo dobësi të kotë, T’i di të mirat që ti ke gjithnjë, - Më tha kështu, përjetë e ndiej si thotë, - Pra, merr ç’të taksa prej qëkuri: asgjë Nuk i mungon të lumturit në botë, Që merr këtë dhuratë që u përbë Me muzg mëngjesi e diell qartësie: Prej së vërtetës - cipë poezie. Kur ti dhe miqtë ndieni zagushi Në mes të ditës, hidheni në erë! Sakaq ju mvesh me ledha një freski, Një afsh e duf prej lulesh plot me erë, Pushon t’ju shqetësojë dheu i zi, Si shtrat i butë bëhet varri i mjerë, Qetohet vala e jetës së tërbuar Dhe dita e nara ndritin pa pushuar. Pra, eni shokë, kur duke rënduar Ngarkesë e jetës shumë ju mundon, Kur udhën tuaj fati i mrekulluar Me lule e pemë t’arta jua bekon, Drejt ditës s’ardhme shkojmë të bashkaur! Ajo në jetën vjen na lumturon Dhe nipërve, kur t’ikim përgjithmonë, Iu bëftë gaz kjo dashuria jonë! E përktheu: L. Poradeci (nga: J.V. Gëte, Vepra të zgjedhura 3 - Poezi, Botimet Rilindja, 1989)

Sunt delicta tamen, quibus ignovisse velumis. Nam neque chorda sonum reddit, quem vult manus et mens, Poscentique gravem persaepe remittit acutum; Nec semper feriet, quodcumque minabitur, arcus. Verum, ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit, Aut humana parum cavit natura. Quid ergo est? Ut scriptor si peccat idem librarius usque, Quamvis est monitus, venia caret, et citharoedus Ridetur, chorda qui semper oberrat eadem. Ekzistojne dhe gabimet qe gjithsesi duhen falur; ngase as dora dhe mendja s'e jep perhere tingullin e deshiruar, dhe atij qe kerkon zerin e trashe, ia jep te hollin, e as harku s'e qellon perhere cakun e vendosur pezull. Vertete, kur ne poezine shkelqejne shume gjera, mua s'me pengojne njollat e pakta; ato shfaqen nga pakujdesia o nga natyra njerezore. Prandaj cfare duhet bere? Kur si shkrimtari gabon edhe pershkruesi dhe pas verejtjes se thene s'kerkon falje fare, ashtu dhe kitaristi do te perqeshet, kur te njejtit tel i bie gabimisht.

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I dug wild mushrooms out of a jungle in Gabon, plucked 'Vanilla pompona' orchids from Madagascar treetops, tracked down Sichuan hot pot pepper in a seedy back alley in Shanghai. I've sniffed test tubes filled with scents that are not of this earth. But I have never quite been struck the way I have been struck by your apple.

Louis de Bourbon and his right hands Cardinal Mazarin and Jean-Louis Colbert transformed France, particularly the city of Paris, into a haven for civilized society, a refuge for the arts, a gastronomic mecca for gourmands. That is what Georges-Guillaume Damas wanted to do for Gabon in Africa.

The Days stared down at his mug, knowing he’d said too much, needing to say one thing more. ‘Your Lordship, perhaps it is well that you do not value virtue in your friends. You will know not to trust them. And if you are wise, you will not trust yourself.’ ‘How so?’ Gabon asked wondering. With each Days twinned to another, they were never alone, never had the luxury of trusting themselves. Gabon wondered if this pairing was really an advantage. ‘Men who believe themselves to be good, who do not search their own souls, most often commit the worst atrocities. A man who sees himself as evil will restrain himself. It is only when we do evil in the belief that we do good that we pursue wholeheartedly.’ Gabon grunted, considering. ‘If I may be so bold, Your Lordship, I’m glad you question yourself. Men don’t become good by practicing an occasional good deed. You must constantly reexamine your thoughts and acts, question your virtue.’ Gabon stared at the thin scholar. The man’s eyes were getting glassy, and he could barely hold his head up. His thinking seemed somewhat clearer than the common drunk’s and he offered his advice in a kind tone. No Days had ever offered Gabon advice before. It was a singular experience. At that moment, the inn door opened. Two more men entered, both with dark complexions, both with brown eyes. They were dressed as merchants fresh off the road, but both wore rapiers at their side, and both had long knives strapped at their knees. One man smiled, the other frowned. Gabon remembered something his father had taught him as a child. ‘In the land of Muyyatin, assassins always travel in pairs. They talk with gestures.’ The Gabon’s father had taught him the assassins’ codes. One man smiling, one man frowning – No news, either good or bad. Gabon’s eyes flicked across the room, to the two dark man in the far corner. Like himself, they had chosen a secure position, had put their backs to the wall. One man in the corner scratched his left ear. We have heard nothing. The newcomers sat at a table on the far side of the room from their compatriots. One man put his hands on the table, palms down. We wait.

Bai baitaki inork baino sen zoliagoa, piztiagoa, primitiboagoa daukana Sabinak: azken gabon zaharretan, zuzian altxatu zen mahaitik eta amantala odoleztatuta itzuli zen handik denboragarrenera. Eskuak uretan pasatu, atzera mahaiburuan jarri, eta errainak afaritarako beren-beregi eramaniko musuzapi brodatuetako batekin sikatu zituen atzamar puntetako arrasto gorrixkak: –Ardi bat hil zait erditzen ari zela. Eta arrain zopari hurrupaka jarraitu zuen.

More elaborate toolkits are known for chimpanzees in Gabon hunting for honey. In yet another dangerous activity, these chimps raid bee nests using a five-piece toolkit, which includes a pounder (a heavy stick to break open the hive’s entrance), a perforator (a stick to perforate the ground to get to the honey chamber), an enlarger (to enlarge an opening through sideways action), a collector (a stick with a frayed end to dip into honey and slurp it off), and swabs (strips of bark to scoop up honey).21 This tool use is complicated since the tools are prepared and carried to the hive before most of the work begins, and they will need to be kept nearby until the chimp is forced to quit due to aggressive bees. Their use takes foresight and planning of sequential steps, exactly the sort of organization of activities often emphasized for our human ancestors. At one level chimpanzee tool use may seem primitive, as it is based on sticks and stones, but on another level it is extremely advanced.22 Sticks and stones are all they have in the forest, and we should keep in mind that also for the Bushmen the most ubiquitous instrument is the digging stick (a sharpened stick to break open anthills and dig up roots). The tool use of wild chimpanzees by far exceeds what was ever held possible. Chimpanzees use between fifteen

I wanted to help rescue this species from endangerment by learning about the elephants’ intricate social structure, increasing worldwide attention to this species through my research and scientific advancements in knowledge. However, when the scientific papers that I had spent years writing finally came out, there was little reaction. I felt proud of my scientific accomplishments but was sad that I wasn’t doing more for the species that I cared about so much. The following year after I graduated, a new paper by one of my colleagues in Gabon found that between 2002-2011, the duration of my Ph.D. plus a few years, over 60% of the entire forest elephant population declined due to poaching[5]. The poaching was almost exclusively driven by the consumption of their tusks as sources for carving statues, jewelry, and other decorative objects. The true conservation issue had nothing to do with studying the elephants themselves. What was the point of studying a species if it might not exist in a few decades?  If I really wanted to help forest elephants, I should have been studying the people, the consumers who were purchasing ivory to determine if there were ways to change attitudes towards ivory and purchasing behavior. Yes, having rangers on the ground to protect parks and elephants is important, but if there is no decrease in demand, it will constantly be an uphill battle. All of the solutions to the conservation problems of forest elephants are social, political, and economic first.  If you are interested in pursuing wildlife biology as a career for conservation purposes (like I was) or because you love animals (also me), you might be better suited in another career if research is not your thing but can still work for a conservation organization. Nonprofits need lawyers, financial planners, fundraising experts, and marketing executives to name a few. When I perused the job boards of nonprofit organizations, I was surprised by how few research positions there were. There were far more in fundraising, marketing, and development. Even if you don’t work directly for conservation, honestly, you can still make a difference and help conservation efforts in other ways outside of your career. A lot of conservation is really about investing in programs and habitat, so species stay protected. For example, if you can purchase and/or donate money to organizations that buy large areas of land, this land can be set aside for wildlife conservation. The biggest threat to wildlife is habitat loss and simply buying more land, keeping it undeveloped, and/or restoring it for species to live on, is one of the major means to solve the biodiversity crisis.

More elaborate toolkits are known for chimpanzees in Gabon hunting for honey. In yet another dangerous activity, these chimps raid bee nests using a five-piece toolkit, which includes a pounder (a heavy stick to break open the hive’s entrance), a perforator (a stick to perforate the ground to get to the honey chamber), an enlarger (to enlarge an opening through sideways action), a collector (a stick with a frayed end to dip into honey and slurp it off), and swabs (strips of bark to scoop up honey).21 This tool use is complicated since the tools are prepared and carried to the hive before most of the work begins, and they will need to be kept nearby until the chimp is forced to quit due to aggressive bees.

External forces or unforeseen events can either break you or make you. You decide what happens. However, know that none of them can ever touch your soul, wherein lies your power and wherein your dream awaits.

Even when you’re going through your wilderness, still encourage others. Deep inside of you, you'll always find something useful to offer.

Hope alone is not enough to change the state of your life. Hope mainly comes to inspire you and encourage you to fulfill your purpose.

You are too powerful to be intimidated by fears. Face your fears, fearlessly.

Every previous outbreak had happened in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Uganda. Those countries were 2,000 miles away from Guinea, a virtual world apart.