10 Quotes that can change your life
Chanakya was an Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist, and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra. As such, he is considered the pioneer of the field of political science and economics in India, and his work is thought of as an important precursor to classical economics. His works were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire and not rediscovered until the early twentieth century.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
4. The biggest guru-mantra is never to share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
5. The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
6. 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.
7. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
8. He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is an attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
9. It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
10. The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
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