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Letter "C" » Chanakya Quotes
«These five: the life-span, the type of work, wealth, learning and the time of one's death are determined while one is in the womb.»
«A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you, but once it has come upon you, try to get rid of it without hesitation.»
«As gold is tested in four ways by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating -- so a man should be tested by these four things: his renunciation, his conduct, his qualities and his actions.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
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Actions, beatings, cuttings, heats, qualities
«The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.»
«The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool is also void, but to a poverty stricken man all is void.»
«A mountain is broken even by a thunderbolt: is the thunderbolt therefore as big as the mountain? No, he whose power prevails is really mighty; what is there in bulk?»
«Oil on water, a secret communicated to a base man, a gift given to a worthy receiver, and scriptural instruction given to an intelligent man spread out by virtue of their nature.»
«Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.»
«All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is no lack of sweet words.»
«Excessive attachment to sense pleasures leads to bondage, and detachment from sense pleasures leads to liberation; therefore it is the mind alone that is responsible for bondage or liberation.»
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