"Good and decent people must be protected..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.”

“I engage and after that I see what to do.”

“In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.”

“If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.”

“The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.”

“1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.2. Get mad, then get over it.3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.4. It can be done!5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it.6. Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.7. You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours.8. Check small things.9. Share credit.10. Remain calm. Be kind.”

“I am the leading strings of the ego and the prompter of its concepts.”

“No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.”

“Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative forces and can assert one's will over long periods of time in the form of legislation and customs.”