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.
CHANAKYAThe 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.
CHANAKYAEvil person causes harm even if treated well.
CHANAKYALet 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.
CHANAKYAMy 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.
CHANAKYAA man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle simply because he sits on the top of a tall building?
CHANAKYAYour feelings are your god.
CHANAKYALove is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
CHANAKYAThe biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
CHANAKYAThe world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
CHANAKYAGod is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
CHANAKYAOffspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
CHANAKYAShe is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
CHANAKYAAs long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
CHANAKYAKnowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.
CHANAKYABrass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.
CHANAKYAA wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
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