Thursday, April 26, 2007

Chanakya's Quotes

1. A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first.

2. Even if a snake is not poisonous,it should pretend to be venomous.

3. The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. ! It will destroy you.

4. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

5. 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.

6. As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

7. Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't bandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

8. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

9. A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

10. 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.

11. Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

12. Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

About Chanakya:
Chankaya was an Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275B. Chanakya was adviser and prime minister to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta (340-293 BC), and was architect of his rise to power.Chanakya wrote Arathasatra, Nitishastra and Chanakya Niti.Arthashastra discusses monetary and fiscal policies, welfare, international relations, and war strategies in detail. Many of his nitis or policies have been compiled under the book title Chanakya Niti. Nitishastra is a treatise on the ideal way of life, and shows Chanakya's in depth study of the Indian way of life.

To know more about chanakya visit :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanakya
http://www.philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/authors/kautilya/canakya_niti_sastra.html
http://www.worldofbiography.com/9046%2DChanakya/

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