Chanakya Quotes
The fear of the phenomenal world is rid by the light of knowledge.
In a fight between two equals, both are destroyed.
The task conceived of in the mind should not be divulged in words. The secret, guarded through code, should be deployed in action.
Even one with a fourfold army is destroyed if he is a slave of the senses.
One should be impartial in judging cases.
Every morning, the day's tasks should be planned.
When children are good, homes are heaven.
Modesty is the ornament of women.
Prosperity forsakes even a lucky one, if he acts without foresight.
Governance is possibly only with assistance. A single wheel does not move.
The soul witnesses everything.
The rich are ever happy, the poor are ever sad, happiness and sorrow are divided among the rich and the poor.
A mother is the greatest teacher.
It is not difficult for the rich to do good deeds.
He who does not see action is blind.
The childless do not attain heaven.
Destiny has to be counteracted through favoring deeds.
The strong one tries to get what has not yet been attained.
A son should obey the father.
All good qualities get hidden, by surrounding oneself with groups of fools, just as the sun is hidden by clouds.
Fortune follows effort.
The unintelligent are equal to ghosts.
Liberation is the remedy for all sorrows.
Those who blindly believe in destiny do not achieve anything.
Death is preferable to poverty.
One who cannot control himself is consumed by his own anger.
One wheel does not move the vehicle.
Treading the right path is man's best medicine.
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.