The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
CHANAKYAHe who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
More Chanakya Quotes
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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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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.
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A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
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The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.
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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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There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words – fools consider pieces of rocks as gems.
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He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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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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Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
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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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Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
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