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Chanakya Quotes
«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.»
«A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.»
«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.»
«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.»
«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.»
«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.»
«Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.»
«Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and the of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
| Keywords:
desires, divined, divines, divining, senses
«Let 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.»