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===> Chanakya Quotes, Spiritual
Quotations, Inspirational Affirmations and
Motivational Sayings, Slogans from
Awakening Intuition.
About the Author: Chanakya (c. 370–283
BCE) was an Indian teacher, philosopher
and royal advisor. Originally 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 Arthaśāstra. As such, he is
considered as the pioneer of the field of
economics and political science in India,
and his work is thought of as an important
precursor to Classical Economics. Chanakya
is often called the "Indian Machiavelli",
although his works predate Machiavelli's by
about 1,800 years. His works were lost near
the end of the Gupta dynasty and not
rediscovered until 1915.
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"Before you start some work, always ask
yourself three questions - Why am I
doing it, What the results might be and Will
I be successful. Only when you
think deeply and find satisfactory answers
to these questions, go ahead."
― Chanakya
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"A person should not be too honest. Straight
trees are cut first and honest
people are screwed first."
― Chanakya
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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."
― Chanakya
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"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
― Chanakya
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"Education is the best friend. An educated
person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."
― Chanakya
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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."
― Chanakya
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"He 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."
― Chanakya
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"The biggest guru-mantra is: never share
your secrets with anybody. It will
destroy you."
― Chanakya
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"The world's biggest power is the youth and
beauty of a woman."
― Chanakya
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"Books are as useful to a stupid person as a
mirror is useful to a blind
person."
― Chanakya
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"God is not present in idols. Your feelings
are your god. The soul is your
temple."
― Chanakya
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"There is some self-interest behind every
friendship. There is no friendship
without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
― Chanakya
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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."
― Chanakya
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"Treat your kid like a darling for the first
five years. For the next five
years, scold them. By the time they turn
sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best
friends."
― Chanakya
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"Once you start a working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and don't
abandon it. People who work sincerely are
the happiest."
― Chanakya
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"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in
the direction of the wind. But the
goodness of a person spreads in all
direction."
― Chanakya
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"As soon as the fear approaches near,
attack and destroy it."
― Chanakya
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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."
― Chanakya
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"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."
― Chanakya
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"The serpent, the king, the tiger, the
stinging wasp, the small child, the
dog owned by other people, and the fool:
these seven ought not to be
awakened from sleep."
― Chanakya
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"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."
― Chanakya
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"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
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"Do not be very upright in your dealings for
you would see by going to the
forest that straight trees are cut down while
crooked ones are left
standing."
― Chanakya
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"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should
pretend to be venomous."
― Chanakya
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"The earth is supported by the power of
truth; it is the power of truth that
makes the sun shine and the winds blow;
indeed all things rest upon truth."
― Chanakya
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"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."
― Chanakya
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"Do not reveal what you have thought upon
doing, but by wise council keep it
secret being determined to carry it into
execution."
― Chanakya
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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."
― Chanakya
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"The happiness and peace attained by those
satisfied by the nectar of
spiritual tranquillity is not attained by
greedy persons restlessly moving
here and there."
― Chanakya
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"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."
― Chanakya
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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?"
― Chanakya
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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."
― Chanakya
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"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."
― Chanakya
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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."
― Chanakya
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"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."
― Chanakya
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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."
― Chanakya
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"If one has a good disposition, what other
virtue is needed? If a man has
fame, what is the value of other
ornamentation?"
― Chanakya'