Chanakya Quotes

• A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

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  Tags in Deeds, Birth, Man

• Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

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  Tags in Useful, Mirror, Book
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  The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

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  Tags in Biggest, Woman

• It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.

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  Topics in Grief, Life

  Tags in Disgrace, Better, Loss, Cause

• 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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  Topics in Family

  Tags in Son, Tree, Cause

• One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

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  Topics in Knowledge

  Tags in Possession, Wealth, Book

• As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

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  Tags in Approach

• He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

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  Tags in Mind, Lives

• 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.

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  Topics in Future, Past

  Tags in Men

• Whores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits.

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  Tags in Support, Poor, Live, Company, Men

• 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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  Tags in Contentment, Happiness, Virtue, Mind

• 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.

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  Tags in Senses, Purity, Heart, Speech, Mind

• 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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  Topics in Death, Soul

  Tags in Healthy, Body, Control

• 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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  Tags in Karma, Bad, Good, Man, Consequences

• If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

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  Tags in Disposition, Good, Fame, Value, Man

• The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

  Chanakya

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Uneducated, Dog, Man

• 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 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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• There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.

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  Tags in Saturated, Serpent, Poison, Sting, Man

• O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

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  Tags in Sweet, Sea, Water, Wealth, Man

Chanakya (39)

Birth:	371 BC
Death:	283 BC
Nationality:	Indian
Profession:	Advisor, Philosopher, Teacher

About

Chanakya was born in a Brahmin family. He was an Indian teacher, philosopher, and royal advisor. He was a professor of economics and political science at the ancient Takshashila University, Chanakya managed the first Maurya emperor Chandragupta's rise to power at a young age. He is widely credited for having played an important role in the establishment of the Maurya Empire, which was the first empire in archaeologically recorded history to rule most of the Indian subcontinent. Chanakya served as the chief advisor to both Chandragupta and his son Bindusara. Chanakya is traditionally identified as Kautilya or Vishnu Gupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise called Arthasastra. Two books are attributed to Chanakya: Arthashastra and Chanakya Niti, also known as Chanakya Neeti-shastra.

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