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.
CHANAKYAThere 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.
More Chanakya Quotes
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The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.
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Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.
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A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.
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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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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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How well you treat the wicked people, they don’t give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent made to drink milk, it ejects poison only.
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Don’t judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, because time has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.
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Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.
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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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The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.
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The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
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He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
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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.
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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.
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