Quotes

“Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.” Chanakya

“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

“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

“He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.” Chanakya

“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

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

“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

“O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.” Chanakya

“Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.” Chanakya

“The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.” Chanakya

“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

“Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.” Chanakya

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

“Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.” Chanakya

“Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.” Chanakya

“There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.” Chanakya

“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

“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

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

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

“The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.” Chanakya

“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.” Chanakya

“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.” Chanakya

“One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.” Chanakya

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin