Chanakya's Thoughts

Darshu (CA) (1580 Points)

14 April 2009  

Sharing some well inspiring & mind provoking thoughts from Chanakya.....worth reading Chanakya's Quotes - Worth reading a million times.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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"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."  

 

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

 

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"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." 

 

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

 

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

 

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"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."

 

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

 

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