Chanakya Quotes

How well u treat the wicked people, they do nto give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent made to drink milk, it ejects poison only.

If people of one”s own side have good conduct, it adds power to oneself. The misconduct on the contrary render one powerless. The enemy taks advantage of it. A skilled statesman never allows enemy to win over.

The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.

Union in privacy (with one’s wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow.

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.

Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.

Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.

Water is the medicine for indigestion; it is invigorating when the food that is eaten is well digested; it is like nectar when drunk in the middle of a dinner; and it is like poison when taken at the end of a meal.

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

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?

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.