Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
CHANAKYALearning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.
More Chanakya Quotes
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It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one’s relations when reduced to poverty.
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Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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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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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.
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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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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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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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A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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People’s Fury is above all the furies.
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Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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A person becomes great not be sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. Can a crow become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building?
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What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?
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