Quotes by Chanakya

"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."

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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?"

"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."

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

"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."