Chanakya Quotes !!!.........REALLY TRUE TO LIFE.....

[hamendra]

Chanakya Quotes

"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and
Honest people are screwed first."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC)
"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. !
It will destroy you."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no
friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

"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."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

"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."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
"Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a
weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear
fruits."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

"God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is
your temple."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
"Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status.
Such friendships will never give you any happiness."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
"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."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
"Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a
blind person."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected
everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

[rkumar]

One can see a politician and philosopher Chanakya in these quotes. As expected, both are at odds with each other. One should be very careful in following these advices, as their application is not universal. These advices were given under very specific conditions.

RK^2

[devdahiya]

Hamendra bhai, I will hardly follow any of these as most of these quotes are unethical and against the humanity. Anyway thanx for posting some of them here.

[hamendra]

Hamendra bhai, I will hardly follow any of these as most of these quotes are unethical and against the humanity. Anyway thanx for posting some of them here.
Dev Sahab,
I posted it only to know the views but not for implementation because time has changed and the mentioned quotes are written of that time will not be applicable.

[devdahiya]

Dev Sahab,
I posted it only to know the views but not for implementation because time has changed and the mentioned quotes are written of that time will not be applicable.



By all means dear.Thanx for the thoughts.

[dahiyarules]

Personally I am very shrewed person in my life. But, only to the extent that I am the sole bearer of the cost of shrewedness. The quotes are very true and universal.Infact I live a life on these lines. One qote thats been ringing in my head for the past few days is: "Thotthey chane, baje ghaney." I have notices that people who dont know about something, they boast a lot about it. I dont know who said thiese words first, but once again some very shrewed and true words.

[rkumar]

......Personally I am very shrewed person in my life. ....

smile......

RK^2

[positivelook]

I think upto some extent its true ! but it depends on person to person and time to time so who follows these quotes and who dont it doesnt matter. Anyway thanx for the posts!

Abhimanyu Phougat

[spdeshwal]

A picture of Chankya emerges from an old Indian Play--Mudra Rakashasa which deals with that period. Bold and scheming, proud and revengeful, never forgetting a slight, never forgettting his pupose, available himself of every device to delude and defeat the enemy.

As J.L Nehru wrote in 'The Discovery of India',
"There was hardly anything Chankya would have have refrained from doing to achieve his purpose; he was unscrupulous enough; yet he was also wise enough to know that his very purpose might be defeated by means unsuited to the end".
He further says,
"Long before, he is reported to have said that war is only a continuance of state policy by other means. But he adds, war must always serve the larger ends of policy and not become an end in itself; the statesman's objective must always be the betterment of the state as a result of war, not the mere defeat and destruction of the enemy".

These quotes reflect true personalty of Chankya and matching with his schemes of things and purpose in hand.

But I still appreciate some of these quotes

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

"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 tquestions, 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."
"Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a
weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear
fruits."

"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."

"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."

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

[rkumar]

"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected
everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)



How contradictory these two quotes by Chankya are.. If one combines two quotes, first one looses its meaning. Second quote sounds like an after-thought..

RK^2

[gaganjat]

Bhaio aaj ke time me har aadmi Chanakya hai. Even a common man today knows more than that legend.

[ratananmol]

Uncle ji:
Chanakya niti ke jarurat se jyada istemal ho raha hai apne desh me; i am wondering does everyone needs to learn and implement it. When ppl go and quote these things they shud remember that it a statesman's/ruler's code and not for all.
Anmol.

[deepakchoudhry]

These quotes have relevance even today but saying that everything should be taken in context.

Vishnu Gupt was man on a mission, he was a teacher of political Science and a true son of the land.

He was the first of one in recorded history to have vision of one india, uniting people of this land.

He said these quotes in the context of politics...thats what I think.

These quotes are not unethical...but very relevent in the context.

[singhgmc]

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

The Best one .... :eek: