One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.
CHANAKYAPurity 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.
More Chanakya Quotes
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Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
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Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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There is no disease so destructive as lust.
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Your feelings are your god.
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Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.
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The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
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Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
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If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels that pain. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.
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The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
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When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.
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Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
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Water is the medicine for indigestion; it is invigorating when the food that is eaten is well digested; it is like nectar when drunk in the middle of a dinner; and it is like poison when taken at the end of a meal.
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Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
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Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.
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He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself… is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.
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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.
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A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle simply because he sits on the top of a tall building?
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Evil person causes harm even if treated well.
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A ruler wishing to win should not trust a captured enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enmity, however, concealed, will surely come to light.
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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.
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Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
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