chanakya Quotes 1
| Name | Birthday | Death Date | Nationality | father | Mother | Profession | Famous For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanakya | 371 BC | 283 BC | Indian | Rishi Canak | Author, Philosopher, Teacher, Adviser | An Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnu Gupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, The Arthashastra. |
A list of popular chanakya quotes are given below.
"Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death." - Chanakya
"Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable." - Chanakya
"Drop the idea that attachment and love are one thing. They are enemies. It is attachment that destroys all love." - Chanakya
"Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again." - Chanakya
"The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you." - Chanakya
"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth." - Chanakya
"As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him." - Chanakya
"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." - Chanakya
"Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock." - Chanakya
"He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined." - Chanakya
"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." - Chanakya
"As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family." - Chanakya
"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." - Chanakya
"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction." - Chanakya
"Purity of speech,of the mind,of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform." - Chanakya
"We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favour,like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer." - Chanakya
"Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment." - Chanakya
"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." - Chanakya
"We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity ,valour, scriptural knowledge, modesty and morality for the world is full of the rarest gems." - Chanakya
"Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature ;noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised." - Chanakya
"Our bodies are perishable,wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby.Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit." - Chanakya
"Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills." - Chanakya