Chanakya quotes: A man is great by deeds, not by birth. A person should not be too honest.

. Straight trees are cut first & honest people are screwed first. 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. Do not reveal what u have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution. 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. It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moments grief but disgrace brings grief everyday of ones life. One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither of his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

 The biggest guru mantra is never sharing your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you. If u cant keep your secrets with you then how can you trust others to keep them secret? Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty & the youth. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. If you get to learn something even from the worst of creatures, dont hesitate. Jealousy is another name for failure. Once you start working on something, dont be afraid of failure & dont abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest. One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure & the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge. Whores dont live in company of poor men, birds dont build nests on a tree that does not bear fruits & citizens never support a weak administration.

 The fragrance of flowers spread only in the direction of wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction. An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner & a wise person can be won over by truth. As soon as the fear approaches near, attack & destroy it. 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. Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple. A rich man has many friends. A woman is four times as shy, six times as brave and eight times as lusty as a man.

 "Its just as difficult to detect an officials dishonesty as it is to discover how much water is drunk by the swimming fish". He who has not acquired one of the following: religious merit (dharma), wealth (artha), satisfaction of desires (kama), or liberation (moksa) is repeatedly born to die A single son endowed with good qualities is far better than a hundred devoid of them. For the moon, though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, cannot.