Chanakyas Quotes
Worth reading N times ...
"A person should not be too honest.
Straight trees are cut first
and Honest people are victimized first."
"Even if a snake is not poisonous,
it should pretend to be venomous."
"The biggest guru-mantra is:
Never share your secrets with anybody. !
It will destroy you."
"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth."
"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions -
Why am I doing it,
What the results might be and
Will I be successful.
Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
"As soon as the fear approaches near,
attack and destroy it."
"Once you start a working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."
"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.."
"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them.
By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."
"Books are as useful to a stupid person
as a mirror is useful to a blind person."
"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
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