Chanakya

Chanakya

23 quotes

Chanakya, a Semi-legendary adviser of Chandragupta Maurya, combined accomplishment with the ability to express hard-won truths in unforgettable language. Whether reflecting on Happiness or Good, Chanakya brought uncommon clarity to every subject. 38 of Chanakya's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Happiness, Good, Fear, Work, and Truth. Readers often gravitate to this one: "If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?"

“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.”

— Chanakya

Family

All Quotes by Chanakya

“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

Failure

“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.”

— Chanakya

Family

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

— Chanakya

Beauty

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

— Chanakya

Friendship

“The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.”

— Chanakya

Life

“The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.”

— Chanakya

Knowledge

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

— Chanakya

God

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

— Chanakya

Beauty

“A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.”

— Chanakya

Good

“If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?”

— Chanakya

Good

“As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul when death is immanent what can you do?”

— Chanakya

Death

“We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.”

— Chanakya

Fear

“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

Best

“As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.”

— Chanakya

Family

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

— Chanakya

Fear

“The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.”

— Chanakya

Happiness

“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

Alone

“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

Work

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

— Chanakya

Friendship

“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

Happiness