My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
CHANAKYAOne whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
More Chanakya Quotes
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Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.
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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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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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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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Your feelings are your god.
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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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Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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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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A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.
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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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That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.
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The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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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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