“For a government,' said the god, 'is nothing but a mirror of your minds--tyrannical for tyrants--hypocritical for hypocrites --corrupt for those who are indifferent--extravagant and wasteful for the selfish--strong and honorable only toward honest men.” — Talbot Mundy Copy Share Image
“Oh, would that I had died the way the Sikh did! I can not go forward. I shall not submit to being made to see more clearly than I do. Yet, if I turn back I am self-confessed coward! Furthermore,… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share Image
“I, myself, searched for Sham-bha-la for eleven years. I am perhaps a little wiser than I was, but it may be I am only lazy and afraid. At any rate, it seems to me a waste of energy to try to learn what is beyond my understanding. I don't even understand my own religion. How shall I understand that of… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share
“You may be sure of this, my son: that no decision you may take, nor any course, will meet with universal favor. Though you turn to the right or to the left, or go ahead, or turn back, or attempt to stand still, there will come to you some critic to advise the contrary. For ten fail where the one… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share
“Of every ten who tread the Middle Way to Knowledge there are nine who turn aside through avarice, though not all avarice is born of belly-hunger or the greed for gold. Some seek preeminence, such eminence as they have won corroded by insane pride. So by this mark you shall know the Middle Way, that whoso treads it truly avoids… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share
“There be many gurus, and some good ones whom it is no great task to differentiate, seeing that those who make the loudest claim are least entitled to respect. They who are the true guides into Knowledge know that nothing can be taught, although the learner easily can be assisted to discover what is in himself. Other than which there… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share
“I spoke to you all of the Wheel,” he said quietly. “The Wheel turns and unless we are alert an opportunity is snatched or taken, for us or against us. In a place, which you shall see, the Nine have preserved for centuries a truth—knowledge of a truth, that is; for truth is like skill, unless used constantly it disappears.… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share
“If a man stole my dinner, I might let him run; but if he stole my horse, he and I and death would play… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share Image
“And forget not this: that outward semblance of authority is not a necessary symptom of its essence. There are men in high place who… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share Image
“I am a lama," said the man in yellow. "It is lamas who identify incarnate Buddhas. If I say the Lord Chenresi is among us, some will listen. Some of high rank will confirm my word. It is a good thing for religion to have manifestations--which have been scarce of late, and men are not so respectful as they used… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share
“Teach a child arithmetic," he said at last, "and he can use it to cheat with, can't he? Teach a man the laws and… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share Image
“For a government,' said the god, 'is nothing but a mirror of your minds--tyrannical for tyrants--hypocritical for hypocrites --corrupt for those who are indifferent--extravagant… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share Image
“Fear is an ugly weapon, sahib, whose hilt is more dangerous than its blade.” — Talbot Mundy Copy Share Image
“Consider this, my son: this earth-life is a little time, of which a third is spent asleep. What went before it, and what cometh… — Talbot Mundy Copy Share Image
