9 Quotes by Talbot Mundy

Marmaduke's theory was that, as he couldn't understand Christianity, it was safe to premise that people whose religion was a mixture of degraded Buddhism and devilworship couldn't understand it either. So he founded a Buddhist mission, to teach 'em their own religion.

Amid the echoes of the roar of the guns in Flanders, the world is inclined to overlook India's share in it all and the stout proud loyalty of Indian hearts. May this tribute to the gallant Indian gentlemen who came to fight our battles serve to remind its readers that they who give their best, and they who take, are one.

I heard, when I was in Delhi, that the men of the West are studying the construction of the atom, and have guessed at the force imprisoned in it. Wait until they have learned how to explode the atom, and then see what they will do to one another.

What is beyond the darkness? Some say chaos and darker night. I say sunrise.

Fear is an ugly weapon, sahib, whose hilt is more dangerous than its blade.

Good women don’t reform bad men, they only irritate them.

Silence is the only safe answer to Silence.

A deed – who measures it? Who knows the limits of a mended wheel or reckons up the leagues it shall lay underfoot? – what burdens it shall bear? – whose destiny it shall await and serve?

That little spark of life, if I should do my duty, should be fanned into a flame, whose light should blaze across the world, and bless, and brighten it.