Quotes by Chanakya

"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are hooked first. "

" Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venemous".

"The biggest Guru-mantra is" Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you."

"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."

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

"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."

"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."

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

"God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple."

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

"Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."

"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."

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

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

-Quotes by Chanakya who was an Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC .

Epidemus Quotes !!

• When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

• To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

• The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

• It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

• It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

• It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

• If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

• Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant

• All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain