Chanakya quotes

 quotes - A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”

— Chanakya

 quotes - The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

“The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”

— Chanakya

 quotes - God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

“God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.”

— Chanakya

 quotes - As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

“As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.”

— Chanakya

“A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.”

— Chanakya

“A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

— Chanakya

“A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.”

— Chanakya

“Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”

— Chanakya

“The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.”

— Chanakya

“There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.”

— Chanakya

“Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya

“The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.”

— Chanakya

“Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya

“O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.”

— Chanakya

“Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya

“There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.”

— Chanakya

“Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.”

— Chanakya

“As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.”

— Chanakya

“Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.”

— Chanakya

“Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.”

— Chanakya

“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.”

— Chanakya