Quotes from Chanakya

Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "what fear has a rich man of calamity?" Wealth sometimes vanishes away and large accumulations perish.

He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself... is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.

Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction.

He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.

The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

Your feelings are your god.

Fate being unfavorable( or without god's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish)

No amount of advice change his attitude. He does not listed to good advice. Rather he gets angry.

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.

Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment.

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.

A friend, even if he be the enemy's son , should be protected.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

Good behavior wins even an enemy.

The disgrace of one's people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded.

Task performed by an unintelligent person should not be rated high.

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.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.