Chanakya
The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.Collection: Power
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.Collection: Peace
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.Collection: Truth
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.Collection: Good
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.Collection: Work
Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.Collection: Work
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.Collection: Good
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.Collection: Beauty
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.Collection: Great
He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.Collection: Relationship
God doesn't dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.Collection: God
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.Collection: Knowledge
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.Collection: Morning
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.Collection: Truth
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?Collection: Death
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.Collection: Family
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.Collection: Knowledge
Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.Collection: Best
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.Collection: Friendship
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.Collection: Future
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.Collection: Family
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.Collection: Fear
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.Collection: Happiness
Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.Collection: Judging
A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a traceCollection: Enemy
Till the enemy's weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.Collection: Political
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.Collection: Integrity
One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.Collection: Giving Up
The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.Collection: Education
Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.Collection: Tree
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.Collection: Wisdom
God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.Collection: God
Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.Collection: Wisdom
Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.Collection: Rain
A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.Collection: Wisdom
Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.Collection: Mother
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 on top.Collection: Wisdom
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.Collection: Husband
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.Collection: Relationship
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.Collection: Inspirational
A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.Collection: Wife
Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.Collection: Men
He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.Collection: Wisdom
Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment.Collection: Punishment
This sutura gives example about the purpose of relationship. A son of enemy who wants to uproot his own father, should be treated as friend and shold be protected. This may be called opportunism but is and should be necessary part of polity and statesmanship. Moreover, if a father is not aan upright man to have friendship with his sone can be a meritorious peson. So it is better to protecdt him.Collection: Father
Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies; for as is a crane among swans, so are ignorant so are ignorant sons in a public assembly.Collection: Son
For the moon though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, do not.Collection: Stars
Fate being unfavorable( or without god's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish)Collection: Fate
If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless likewise, but also eat into his works.Collection: Kings
The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.Collection: Wisdom