Enemies strike at weak points.
CHANAKYAHe 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.
More Chanakya Quotes
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Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.
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They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
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Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
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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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A friend, even if he be the enemy’s son , should be protected.
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The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.
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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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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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Your feelings are your god.
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Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
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Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.
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He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself… is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.
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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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Union in privacy (with one’s wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow.
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