We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
CHANAKYAA 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.
More Chanakya Quotes
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The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.
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As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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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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He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
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If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels that pain. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.
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He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
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Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
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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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As 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?
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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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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.
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
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The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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