Chanakya's Quotes - Worth Reading a Million Times
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'A person should not be too honest.
Straight trees are cut first
and Honest people are victimised first.'
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'Even if a snake is not poisonous,
it should pretend to be venomous.'
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'The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. ! It will destroy you.'
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'There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth.'
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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.'
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'As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.'
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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.'
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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.'
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'A man is great by deeds, not by birth.'
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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.'
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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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'Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth.'
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Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
Yeah. I am sure you read the book too, some of the others are even more eye-opening. Pity we learn AFTER the deed has been done that SOMEONE was there to warn us (by way of this book)!! :-)
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it"
Yes, Its shocking bcoz Chankya was known for his straightforwardness.
and the same time he was very practical and not emotional. He took many decision which a normal person found very difficult to digest.
Some quotes here made me think and realized that it was all true...
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Salute to Chankya!!!
Great one