Quotes from Chanaykya Niti

Chanaykya Niti:

Chanakya, perhaps is the only personality who has been accepted and revered as a genius both by Indian and Western scholars. He is a historical milestone in the making of India amidst tremendous upheavals and myriad’s of reversals. Celebrated as a shrewd statesman and a ruthless administrator, he comes across as the greatest of diplomats of the world. He had the guts to speak his heart out even in front of the rulers, which shows his strong inclination to democratic values and the audacity to put his views through. Although, he lived around the third century BC, his ideas and principles show concurrence and validity in the present day world.

Chanakya, apart from being a man of wisdom and unfailing strategies, propounded Nitishastra, the ideal way of living for every individual of the society.All his written works namely, ‘Arthashastra’, ‘Nitishastra’ and ‘Chanakyaniti’ were unique because of their rational approach and an unabashed advocacy of real politic.

Quotes by Chanakya:

• "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first."
• "Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."
• "The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It will definitely destroy you."
• "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 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."
• "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 Great Chanaykya:
Great Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC.

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