Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible. — Chanakya Copy Share 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… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment. — Chanakya Copy Share 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… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while… — Chanakya Copy Share 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… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
