All Chanakya Quotes
- 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… Amongst
- A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death. Death
- A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family,… Beauty
- He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man. Alone
- Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it;… Activity
- 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… Digested
- He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings. All
- Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three… Always Contented
- Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country. Called
- This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits - one is soft voice and the other is company of… Bitter
- What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes… Becomes
- Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond. Based
- The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones. Adulteresses
- Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk… Avoid
- Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable. Disciple
- He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe. Calamity
- At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes. Change
- He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined. Befriends
- Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable. Administration
- Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment. Administration