Milarepa

I thus free myself from the illness of ego-clinging.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

How can one be well…when one suffers morally?

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

Tear thyself from delay.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

An empire is an immense egotism.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.