Quote

Do not say, What what fear has a rich man of calamity.

Chanakya

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Chanakya
Advisor
Astrologer
Economist
Philosopher
Politician
Teacher
Writer
Vishnu Gupta
Kautilya
Calamity
Rich
Fear
Men

More quotes by Chanakya

Image
It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.
Chanakya
Image
Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
Chanakya
Image
He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.
Chanakya
Image
A friend, even if he be the enemy's son , should be protected.
Chanakya
Image
An enemy should be struck at his weak point.
Chanakya
Image
As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him.
Chanakya
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Every relationship has one or the other motive behind it. Friendship or enemity are not purposeless.Oneness of motive is turned into friendship. While diversity of motive cause enemity. Royal relationships also depend uypon one or theother purpose. But such relatins ar mainly for the welfare of the state.
Chanakya
Image
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.
Chanakya
Image
Svanaja includes in itself the whole subject, officials and ministers. If there is something wrong in the conduct of these people, it would be damaging the state. An administrator should strictly deal with it.
Chanakya
Image
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
Image
There is no disease so destructive as lust.
Chanakya
Image
My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
Chanakya
Image
It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one's relations when reduced to poverty.
Chanakya
Image
A person becomes great not be sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. Can a crow become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building?
Chanakya
Image
A debt should be paid off till the last penny An enemy should be destroyed without a trace
Chanakya
Image
Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
Chanakya
Image
God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
Chanakya
Image
What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?
Chanakya