Padmasambhava

I heartily accept the motto,That government is best which governs least; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which I also believe,That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have. Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

And all the while I thought I was drowning, I was actually the one holding my head under the water.

We need only travel enough to give our intellects an airing.

Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day.

Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?

At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.