Saturday, 18 August 2012

Great thought of Chanakya

1) “Learn from the mistakes of others… you can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves!!”
2)”A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first.”
3)”Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”
4)”There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.”
5)” 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.”
6)”As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.”
7)”The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”
8)”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.”
9)”The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.”
10)”God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.”
11) “A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”
12) “Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”
13) “Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the nextfive years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”
14) “Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”
15) “Education is the Best Friend. An Educated Person is Respected Everywhere. Education beats the Beauty and the Youth.”
16) ” Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.”
17) “Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.?”
18) “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.”
19) ” 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.”
20) “Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.”
21) “Jealousy is another name for failure.”
22) “Never go on a long journey alone.”
23) “One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.”

Chanakya’s wisdom about animal

Learn one thing from Lion,One from the Heron, Four from the Cock, Five from the Crow,Six from the Dog and Three from the Donkey.
From Lion: Whether it be big or small,we must do every work with our full capacity and power.This quality we must learn from the lion.It is generrally believed that the lion neverdoes any -thing halfheartedly.It would kill a rabbit or attack an elephant with its full ferocity.

From the Heron: Controlling all your senses like the Heron, and after carefully considering the factors of time and space and the capacity of self,the wise accomplish their work successfully.The Heron has this great capacity to target.

From the Cock: The cock can teach us four things:get up at the right time;fight bitterly;make your brothers flee and usurp and devour their share also.(although,apparently these appear quite immoral teaching in the present context also,what is taught here are the lessons in self-preservation against all odds,which is a natural instinct?)

From the Crow: Stealthy copulation, collecting things and augmenting your resourcefulness from time to time;be alert and not believing anybody,making enough noise to make all gather around you.

From the Dog: Deriving satisfaction after a little eating even in the famished condition; be alert despite being deep in slumber, faithfulness and bravery.

From the Donkey: The capacity to carry the load despite being bone-tired,being undaunted by the vagaries of weather and getting satisfied in all the conditions