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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/i-myself-searched-for-sham-bha-la-for-eleven-years-i-am-perhaps-a/)

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## More by Talbot Mundy

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/i-myself-searched-for-sham-bha-la-for-eleven-years-i-am-perhaps-a/)

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> [“You may be sure of this, my son: that no decision you may take, nor any course, will meet with universal favor. Though you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/you-may-be-sure-of-this-my-son-that-no-decision-you-may-take-nor-any/)

[Talbot Mundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talbot-mundy/)

> [“Of every ten who tread the Middle Way to Knowledge there are nine who turn aside through avarice, though not all avarice is born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/of-every-ten-who-tread-the-middle-way-to-knowledge-there-are-nine-who/)

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> [“There be many gurus, and some good ones whom it is no great task to differentiate, seeing that those who make the loudest claim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/there-be-many-gurus-and-some-good-ones-whom-it-is-no-great-task-to/)

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> [“I spoke to you all of the Wheel,” he said quietly. “The Wheel turns and unless we are alert an opportunity is snatched or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/i-spoke-to-you-all-of-the-wheel-he-said-quietly-the-wheel-turns-and/)

[Talbot Mundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talbot-mundy/)

> [“If a man stole my dinner, I might let him run; but if he stole my horse, he and I and death would play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/if-a-man-stole-my-dinner-i-might-let-him-run-but-if-he-stole-my-horse/)

[Talbot Mundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talbot-mundy/)

> [“And forget not this: that outward semblance of authority is not a necessary symptom of its essence. There are men in high place who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/and-forget-not-this-that-outward-semblance-of-authority-is-not-a/)

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> [“I am a lama," said the man in yellow. "It is lamas who identify incarnate Buddhas. If I say the Lord Chenresi is among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/i-am-a-lama-said-the-man-in-yellow-it-is-lamas-who-identify-incarnate/)

[Talbot Mundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talbot-mundy/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/teach-a-child-arithmetic-he-said-at-last-and-he-can-use-it-to-cheat/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/for-a-government-said-the-god-is-nothing-but-a-mirror-of-your-minds/)

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> [“Fear is an ugly weapon, sahib, whose hilt is more dangerous than its blade.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/fear-is-an-ugly-weapon-sahib-whose-hilt-is-more-dangerous-than-its/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/consider-this-my-son-this-earth-life-is-a-little-time-of-which-a/)

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> [“Good women don't reform bad men, they only irritate them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/good-women-don-t-reform-bad-men-they-only-irritate-them/)

[Talbot Mundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talbot-mundy/)

> [“Oh, would that I had died the way the Sikh did! I can not go forward. I shall not submit to being made to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/oh-would-that-i-had-died-the-way-the-sikh-did-i-can-not-go-forward-i/)

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> [“Silence is the only safe answer to Silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/silence-is-the-only-safe-answer-to-silence/)

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