Purity 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.
CHANAKYAOne who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.
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He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
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A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.
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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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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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One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.
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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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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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Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
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Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.
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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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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
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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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The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
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