Great Quotes : Rule the world as Chanakya did!

Chanakya was undoubtedly ancient India's finest political strategist and thinker. Chanakya's brand of wisdom is ageless and immutable. Chanakya expounds his smattering of pithy observations on women, family life, human relationships, moral conduct and spirituality. His startling prophecies, meaningful reflection on everyday living and hard-headed axioms. Chanakya's amazing knowledge of human psychology his masterly insight into every facet of human life! The Teachings of Chanakya are the real nourishment of life. Even if years and centuries go by, even if natural calamities change the face of the planet, the teaching of the great being spring forth new. Or from time to time they are unearthed old treasure perhaps, but still alive with consciousness still essentials. Such teachings are never destroyed; nor does the subtle presence of such divine beings ever diminished.

Chanakya, also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta, was an adviser and prime minister to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta, and the architect of his rise to power. Other important works of Chanakya are ‘Chanakya Sutras’ and ‘Chanakya Niti Darpanam’.

Three books are attributed to Chanakya: Arthashastra, Nitishastra and Chanakya Niti. The Arthashastra discusses monetary and fiscal policies, welfare, international relations, and war strategies in detail. Many of his Nitis or Policies have been compiled under the book title Chanakya Niti. Nitishastra is a treatise on the ideal way of life and shows Chanakya's in-depth study of the INDIAN WAY OF LIFE.

CHANAKYA NITI

'Chanakya Neeti' is, in fact, this great thinker's pithy observation to impart practical wisdom to the people of his time. But these teachings are so fundamental relevance is almost everlasting. Enshrined in the simple sense. Written in simple lucid language with clear thoughts. At times even some of the immoral teaching are part of this book. But they appear immoral only at the prima facie viewing. While telling what we should learn from the other beings, Chanakya says: i.e. "Learn from the cock the following four things: getting up at the right time, fighting bitterly, making your brothers flee and usurping their share also!"

Chanakya Niti is, in fact, this great thinker's pithy observation to impart practical wisdom to the people of his time. These observations have not only withstood the test of time but many of phrases, like and have become the oft-quoted proverbs.

Although Chanakya is painted as a scheming manipulator who could stoop to even the meanest level to serve his purpose, a few of his shlokas negate this concept and present Chanakya as a sort-hearted and imaginative poet. He says:

There are many of bondage but that of love is entirely different. The black bee which penetrates thoughts even wood gets inertly enclosed in the fold of the lotus flowers.

The basic purpose of Chanakya-Niti is to impart knowledge on every practical aspect of life. And in this context, he has touched upon various factors dealing with faith and culture, from the individual's point of view.

Chanakya Neeti's and Sutras:

Riches, Vitality, Life, Body-all are fickle and fey; only Dharma is constant and everlasting.
God's abode is not the idols of wood stone or earth. He dwells only on feeling.
Poverty, disease, grief, bondage and all the infatuation addictions are the fruits of the tree of the sin of the person.
If you want to overpower the entire world merely by just one action, then put a restraint upon your tongue speaking ill of others.
One well blossomed and sweet-smelling flower is enough to turn the whole garden fragrant. Similarly, one worthy son is enough to bring glory to the whole family.
That man who fails to achieve even one of the four aims of life, viz. Dharm (faith in his belief), Artha (riches which provide meaning to life), Karam (fulfilment of the desires), and Moksha ( satiation of all wants) are verily born only for dying (as his life is just a waste).
Manners betray one's family and the language country. Hospitality betrays one's love and the physique betrays one's food intake.
Virtues enhance the beauty of the form; good manners enhance the glory of the family; perfection enhances the value of education and enjoyment enhances the pleasures of wealth.
An impatient person gets ruined by enjoying luxuries in excess.
Fools want to reveal the secret things told by their master.
No advice should be given to a bad person.
Keep your enemy engaged in artificial behaviour until you find his weakness.
Silver becomes gold when mixed with gold.
A person who excels in a particular field should be given that work only.
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first!
If you make a snake drink milk, you increase its venom/not nectar.
A dead person has nothing to do with medicine.
Virtue enhances the beauty of the form; good manners enhance the glory of the family; perfection enhances the value of education and enjoyment enhances the pleasures of wealth.
Control greedy by money, the arrogant by submissiveness, the fool by preaching and the learned by telling him the reality.
Those who disclose the mutual secret to others perish like a snake getting destroyed in its own cavity.

MAXIMS OF CHANAKYA

Maxims of Chanakya is the crystallized wisdom of Chanakya, also known as Kautilya, the Indian Philosopher-States-man, who helped Chandragupta Maurya establish the first unified state in Indian History in the fourth century B.C.

Often called the Indian Machiavelli, Chanakya is known for his political acumen and statecraft which enabled him to win bloodless victories over his enemies, overthrow a tyrannical regime and prevent the Balkanisation of India at a time when it was ravaged by foreign invasions.

The maxims of Chanakya, over one thousand in number, included in this book, culled from the three major works attributed to him: Arthasastra, Chanakyasutras and Chanakyarajanitisastra (sometimes known as Chanakya-Nitidarpana), cover a wide range of subjects.

No branch of life or learning has been left untouched by the great political genius. He has something pithy to say on politics, administration, economics, ethics, education, health, sex and self-improvement.

It is hoped that Maxims of Chanakya will prove an invaluable guide to the Legislator, the Administrator, the Planner and the Educationist-all those who shape a country's policy or an individual's future.

Maxims of Chanakya

1. Maxims from Chanakyasutras

1. Ethical Roots

Righteousness (Dharma) is the root of happiness. Wealth is the root of righteousness.
The state (Rajyam) is the root of wealth. Victory over senses is the root of the state.
Humility is the root of a sense of control. Worship of elders is the root of humility.
Wisdom results from the worship of elders. With wisdom, one can prosper. The prosperous one becomes the victorious one. The victorious one attains all the riches.

2. Economic Prosperity

Economic prosperity creates prosperity for the people. If the people are prosperous, even a leaderless state can be governed. People’s fury is the greatest of all furies.

3. Need for the Right Ruler

To be without a master is better than having an arrogant master.

4. Advisors, Aides, Counselors or Ministers

After equipping oneself fully, one should seek an ally (aide).
One without an advisor has no certainty of counsel.
The true aide serves alike in prosperity and adversity.
A self-respecting ruler should appoint a counsellor, one who is inferior to him and respect him.
He should not take into counsel out of love, one who is impertinent (irrelevant).
One who is learned and free from fraud should be made a minister.
All things begin with counsel.
The accomplishment of the task depends on guarding the secret of the council.
One who leaks out counsel destroys the task. Defection to the enemy takes due to negligence. Ministerial advice should be kept secret from all quarters.
Counsel is a beacon (signal station) to the one blind to action.
Through ministerial eyes, other weaknesses are seen
At the time of taking ministerial advice, there should not be any quarrel.
A decision should be taken on the unanimous opinion of three.
Counsellors are those who see the true implications of what ought to be done and what ought not to do.

5. Allies, Friends

One who is affectionate in difficulties is a friend.
In the acquisition of allies, one develops strength.
The stronger one tries to get what has not been obtained.

6. Evils of Laziness

The lazy one does not get what has not been obtained.
The lazy one cannot guard even what has been begotten.
The lazy one cannot even command servants.

7. State Policy

Getting what has not been got, guarding it, developing it and then distributing it – these four constitute state policy.
Politics is the tool of state policy. Internal administration and foreign relations are dependent on state policy.
Deployment of the four-fold policy (conciliation, donation, division, and punishment) in one’s own country is internal administration.

8. Foreign policy

Foreign policy is the deployment of the same (four-fold means) towards neighbouring states. Neighbouring states are the source of treaties and hostilities.
A ruler with a contiguous (sharing a border) territory is a rival. Power is the cause of an alliance.
One should fight with a superior or equal. If there are many enemies, the treaty should be entered into with one.

9. Duties of Citizens

A ruler should be approached like fire.
One should not wear provocative clothes.

10. Evil of Vices

One addicted to vices does not accomplish tasks.
One addicted to gambling does not accomplish anything.

11. Advice for Rulers

An enemy should be won over by the use of political science. The sceptre links one to riches. In the absence of a sceptre (the imperial authority symbolized by a sceptre), there are no ministers. All activity is understood in wielding (of authority) the sceptre.
Acquisition of wealth has its root inactivity. Righteousness (morality) and pleasures have their root in wealth. Work is the root of wealth. A little effort accomplishes the task. A task in which an expedient (appropriate to a purpose; practical) is used is not difficult to achieve. If no expedient is used, a task, even if attempted, fails. Expedient is the aid to those who seek success in undertakings. A task attains its objectives through human effort. Fortune follows human effort. Without God’s grace, even excessive effort proves fruitless. One who is not calm and collected (in full control of your faculties) cannot accomplish tasks. One should decide first and then commence the task. There should not be any delay in undertaking of a new task after completing one. The fickle-minded one does not accomplish tasks. If what is obtained is despised (look down, lack of respect), things go awry (not functioning properly). A work which is obstacle-ridden should not be started. One who knows (opportune) time accomplishes the task. One should commence work after understanding the country and the consequences. Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration. All types of riches should be amassed by all means. Prosperity forsakes even a lucky one if he acts without foresight. The one who knows the means makes the impossible possible. Only accomplished deeds should be publicized.

Everyone should be yoked to the task for which he is befitted.
Destiny has to be counteracted through propitiatory (intended to reconcile) deeds.
Man-made obstacles should be overcome through one’s skills. Those who seek to achieve things should show no mercy.
The milk-seeking calf strikes at the mother’s udders. Due to the lack of effort, the task fails.
Those who blindly believe in destiny do not achieve anything.
Things should be examined with reference to facts patent and latent, and inferences.
Prosperity forsakes one who does things without proper examination.
Danger should be overcome after proper analysis.
One should begin a venture after assessing one’s strengths.
The favour seeker accomplishes his end after knowing the nature of his master.
The one who knows cow’s nature gets the milk.
A good one should not reveal his secret to a mean one.
The soft nature of one is disregarded even by those dependent on him.
One who cannot control himself is destroyed by his anger.
Rashness does not accomplish tasks.
When opportunities are lost, obstacles definitely arise.
Custody of others' riches is undertaken purely out of selfishness.
Honest and upright people are rare.
A single defect overshadows many qualities.
A slanderous (tending to discredit or malign) listener is forsaken (desert) even by his wife and children.
Excessive courtesy should never be trusted.
Through the association of good, even one without virtue becomes virtuous.
A lazy one cannot attain happiness in this world or the other.
Till the enemy’s weakness is known, he should be kept on friendly terms.
An enemy should be struck at his weak point.
One’s weakness should not be revealed, enemies strike at weak spots.
Good behaviour wins even an enemy.
The foolish speak out what was spoken, in secret, by the master.
Even after attaining great prosperity, the one without fortitude (courage and strength when facing trouble) perishes.
The one without fortitude (courage and strength when facing trouble) does not enjoy anything either materially or spiritually.
Intellect is that which can deceit on the action in difficulties.
Moderate eating is healthy. In indigestion, no food (wholesome or otherwise) should be taken. Diseases do not touch one who digests his food. In an old body, a growing disease should not be neglected. Eating is painful in indigestion.
Disease excels as an enemy.
When the tasks are great, abundant rewards should be made the incentive.
Donation is righteousness. One can conquer the world with righteousness.
The world is borne by righteousness. Vice and virtue pursue even the departed spirit.
Kindness is the mother of righteousness. Truth and charity are the roots of righteousness.
Even death protects the righteous. Righteousness is the ornament of all.
One should earn wealth as if one is immortal.
The wealthy are respected by all.
There is an enemy equal to hunger. Poverty is death while living. There is nothing uneatable for a hungry one. The poor one is despised (hated) by his wife.
Learning is wealth for the poor
One should serve a learned master.
Excess sex ages man. Lack of sex ages women.
There can be no marriage between the high and low.
Association with low (characterless) women reduces life span, reputation and virtue.
One should not envy others’ good qualities.
A good quality should be learnt even from an enemy.
A person is honoured according to his status. Men are respected only in their positions.
There is no jewel equal to a good woman.
The dress should befit age.
A mother is the greatest teacher. In all circumstances, the mother should be looked after. Modesty (lajja) is the ornament of women.
Knowledge is the ornament of the learned.
Learning is wealth to the poor. Fame is glorified by learning. Fame is immortal.
A wife is a non-metallic shackle.

12. Advice for Citizens

One should have a friendly connection with the ruling elite.
When children are good, homes are heaven.
Children should be made to reach the shores of knowledge (that is given maximum education).
The greatest gain is the gain of a son.
He who protects parents from difficulties is the son.
The good son spreads the family’s fame.
Possession of a maidservant enslaves one.
Evil ones should not be helped.
A sound intellect is a sound body.
Prosperity depends on intellect.
Righteousness should be practiced always.
Saints should be worshipped.
Truth is the means to heaven
Evil speech, though unintended, remains long in the memory.
A man who does his duty as a good and righteous man.
Like the seed, the fruit.
Intellect depends on education.
Conduct depends on the family.
A comfort which has been obtained should not be given up.
One’s action is the cause of one’s sorrow.
In the absence of knowledge of the scriptures, the conduct of good people should be followed. People are tradition-bound. One should not speak ill of the person who is responsible for one’s livelihood.
The essence of penance (tap) is the control of the senses.
Stay in heaven is not permanent; it lasts only until the reserves of accumulated virtue remain.
To fall from heaven is the greatest sorrow.
Liberation is the remedy for all sorrows.
No pleasure is greater than the touch of one’s children.
Every morning, the day’s task should be planned.
There is no attraction equal to a gift
All worldly beings are bound by desire.
Those who have excess desire have no firmness.
The one blinded by prosperity does not see the imminent nor listens to sane advice.
Company of the good is like residence in heaven.
One should not question God’s will.
One’s son should not be praised.
The master should be praised by subordinates.
Even in the performance of allotted duties, the master should be praised.
The intelligent one does not have enemies.
One’s weakness should not be divulged
Money should be saved for difficult days
The daring ones love their duty.
Tomorrow’s deed, do it today. Whatever is to be done in the afternoon should be done in the forenoon.
What is right depends on the nature of the case.
Experience of the world is all knowledge
Proper behaviour is more important than being virtuous.
The soul is the witness of a transaction.
The spirit (soul) is the witness of everything.
In behaviour, the outer form indicates the inner core.
Wealth should be protected from robbers and ruling officials.

13. Rulers and People

Inaccessible rulers destroy the people. Easily accessible rulers please the people. The people deem a just ruler a mother. Such a ruler attains material happiness and later heaven.
There is only sorrow in birth and death.
No one should try to escape the cycle of births and deaths.

2. Maxims from Chanakya Rajniti Shastra

1 Duty and Qualities of the Ruler

The ruler's duties are stated to be five: the punishment of the wicked (dust), rewarding the righteous, development of state revenues by just means, impartiality in granting favours and protection of the state.
The characteristics of a ruler are five: he gives up wealth in favour of the needy, loves virtues, enjoys pleasure in the company of friends and relatives, is anxious to learn the sciences and is a fighter in the war.
The ruler should learn one quality each from the lion and the crane, four from the cock (murga), five from the crow, and six from the dog.
One should learn from the lion to undertake a task well-prepared, whether it is a big one or small. Like a crane, the learned one should control his senses and knowing the aptness of time and place, accomplish all tasks.
From a cock one should learn four things: getting up in time, fighting, division of responsibility among allies and enjoyment after attacking oneself.
From the crow, one should learn five things: sex in secrecy, secret action, catch in time, unruffled behaviour and distrust of everyone.
These are six qualities of the dog: a desire for much, satisfaction with little, deep slumber (A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended), quick awakening, devotion to the master and bravery.
From the donkey three things should be learnt: to carry the burden even though tired, not to mind the heat or cold and to trudge (walk heavily and firmly) ever satisfied.
The discerning one who practices these twenty virtues mentioned conquers all enemies and he himself remains unconquerable.

2. Financial Policy

He who has wealth has friends and relatives; he counts in the world as a person and is deemed as a scholar.
He who has wealth is deemed noble, scholar, proficient in scripture, discerner of qualities, eloquent speaker, and attractive to look at. All qualities are dependent on wealth.
Wealth is caste, wealth is beauty, wealth is learning, wealth is fame, what can those deprived of wealth (and hence of life and qualities) aspire for?
The wealthy one buys beauty with enticement (temptation), strength through servants, noble respect through guests, and lineage through marriages with big families.
All virtues are dependent on wealth, wealth captures pleasures, and everything is dependent on wealth. Wealth enriches and enhances life.
Wealth is UN-bewildered (UN-perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements) beauty, wealth is auspicious family, wealth is UN-faded youth, and wealth is lasting life.
Qualities are attained by wealth, not wealth by qualities; the wealthy one is served by one with good qualities, not vice versa.
From where does it come? Where does it go? It is impossible to know the path of wealth - As the bee collects honey gradually from the flowers, so should the ruler fill the treasury, collecting revenue gradually.
Need for Learning and knowledge
Read, son, read. Why be lazy? The illiterate is a burden carrier. The scholar is venerated (respected) by the ruler. Read son every day.
Read, son, always. Memorize what you learn. The ruler is worshipped in his country. Learning is worshipped everywhere.

4. Modus operandi of Governance

People are controlled by punishment, the intrinsically pure man is rare. Out of fear of punishment the world enjoys blessings.
One can regain a wife, wealth, friend, children, and importance, but not a body.

5. Friends and Enemies

He is the friend who stands by in illness, adversity, famine, attack by the enemy, at the ruler's door and at the cremation ground.
One should not be too straightforward. Go and see the forest. The straight trees are cut down, and the crooked one is left standing.

6. A strategy toward Enemies and Friends

All beings are pleased with sweet words. Hence only sweet words should be spoken. Where is poverty in words?
The union of even small people can become irresistible. The elephant is tied by a rope, made of grass.
The enemy should not know one’s own weakness, but one should know the enemy’s weakness. One should hide one’s intention, as a tortoise withdraws its limbs, and watch an enemy’s posture.
The miser should be won over by means of wealth, the proud man by offering respect, the fool by flattery, and the learned by truth fullness.
The superior one should be dealt with by submission, the valiant by division, the low one by gifts and the equal by prowess (the superior skill to be learned by study, practice and observation).

7. Service with Rulers: Duties and Qualities of state officials

Five things burn the body without fire: serving a bad ruler, uncleared debt, disgrace of one’s people, separation from beloved, a friend who turns his face away because one is poor.
Six things burn the body without the aid of fire: living in a bad village, serving a bad ruling family, bad food, a short-tempered wife, an idiotic son, and a widowed daughter.
A man is tested in four ways: with reference to his family, conduct, quality and action, just as gold is tested in four ways: by scratching, breaking, heating and beating.
Servants can be known when sent on errands (a short trip that is taken for the performance of a necessary task), relatives when difficulties arise, a friend in times of distress, and the wife when prosperity declines.
A fool should be avoided, he is a two-footed animal. He hurts with sharp words like an unseen thorn.
The ruler’s scribe (Secretary) should understand what is spoken forthwith, write fast, have good handwriting, be well versed in all arts and sciences and be distinguished
He is the scribe, who is able, eloquent, wise, honest, who has controlled his senses, who has learnt all arts and sciences, and who is good.
If the ruler is righteous, people are righteous, if he is a sinner, the people are also sinners, if he is equal in vice and virtue, so are people. People follow the ruler. Like ruler like people.
Seven sleeping ones should not be woken up: the ruler, the lion, the snake, the hog (greedy), the infant, another’s dog, and an idiot.
Seven sleeping ones should be woken up: the treasurer, doorkeeper, the student, the traveller, the hungry one and the one who is afraid
Deity, teacher, wife, doctor, astrologer, if visited empty-handed do not bestow desired objects.

3. Maxims from Arthshastra

Difficulties stabilize friendship.
Rendering help is the sign of a friend.
Those with established relationships do not desert, even if offended.

1. Financial Policy

The treasury has its source in mines.
From the strength of the treasury, the Army is born.
Through the treasury and the army, the earth, whose adornment is a treasury, is obtained.
Material wealth alone is important, says Kautilya, for both righteousness and pleasure are based on material wealth.
Riches, righteousness and physical pleasures - there are three kinds of wealth. These are preferable to attain than the latter ones.

2. Corruption

Just as it is difficult not to taste honey or poison placed on the tongue, similarly, it is difficult for one handling the ruler’s money to refrain from tasting it in at least small quantities.
Just as it is not possible to know when the fish moving in water drink water, similarly, it is difficult to find out when officers employed in the execution of works misappropriate money.
He who is responsible for the loss of revenue shall be deemed to have eaten the ruler’s property.
He who doubles the revenue eats up people’s property.
The intellect of the brave, trained to be steadfast, once corrupted may not return without reaching the end (the summit of corruption).

3. Guarding of Secrets

A person under the influence of carelessness, intoxication, or prattling (talking foolishly) while asleep or enjoying carnal (sensual) pleasures, or one hidden or dishonoured discloses secret counsel.
Wise men exhibit in their gestures and expressions the opposite of their feeling in the pairs: love and hatred, pleasure and sorrow, determination and fear, etc. in order to hide their secrets.

4. Law, Justice and Punishment

In all cases an offence concerning women or relatives, professional rivalry, hatred of opposition, market association, or trade guilds, or any of the legal disputes, the origin is anger. Anger results in murder.
A case in dispute is four-legged. It depends on on:1) what is right according to ethical principles, 2) evidence, 3) custom and 4) the ruler’s order. The last one overrules all the earlier ones.
What is right is based on truth, evidence from a witness, custom on the available tradition of the people and the law is the ruler’s command.
The punishment meted out after due consideration keeps the people attached to righteousness and tasks conducive to material wealth and enjoyment.
If no punishment is given the law of fishes (strong swallowing the weak) is created as punishment, the root of discipline is the source of prosperity for the people.
New men deeming the dispenser of punishment as Yama incarnate do not commit crimes.
It is to meet unforeseen difficulties that a woman is given property (dowry, at the time of marriage).

5. Causes of people’s discontent

By undertaking schemes which result in loss and stopping those which will result in gain by not protecting people from thieves and robbers and enriching themselves at their cost. Discontented people go over to the enemy or destroy the ruler themselves.

The ruling family, Ruling Class

The power of the ruling class, augmented by the learned preceptor (Guru), buttressed (make stronger) by the counsel of good ministers, armed with the compliance of scriptures and sciences triumphs and ever remains UN-vanquished.
Corporations (or groups of the exclusive ruling class) being close-knit are not easily assailable (undefendable) by enemies.
A ruling family composed of undisciplined and dissolute (unrestrained by convention or morality) members break like moth-eaten wood.

Duties of officials

One may seek to serve a ruler devoid of wealth or loyal subjects for a characterless ruler disregards the tenets of political science, associates himself with an evil company and comes to ruin even after inheriting a large and prosperous kingdom.
Undesirable persons become favourites by acting according to the reading of the ruler’s mind.
The wise ones should first look to their own self-protection. Those who serve rulers are said to function in a fire.

The occasions when one should leave one’s post are

When one’s work gets destroyed without frustration.
One’s power gets reduced when one’s learning is treated like a tradable commodity.
One’s hopes are frustrated.
One is eager to be in new countries.
When does one lose the confidence of the master?
When one comes in conflict with powerful people.

5. Philosophy

The three Vedas deal with righteousness and unrighteousness, economics deal with wealth and poverty, and politics deal with good and bad state policies. Philosophy, which sifts (distinguishes and separates out) with the reason of the relative importance of these sciences, benefits the world, keeps the intellect steady in adversity and prosperity and creates excellence in thought, word and deed.
Philosophy is considered the light of learning, the means for the accomplishment of all tasks, and the refuge of all righteous beliefs (of all religions).

Miscellaneous Dicta

Time (opportunity) approaches a man desirous of it only once. And will not come a second time when he wants to do his work.
Success and failure are common on all paths. Power alters the mind.
Sons kept engaged in pleasures do not rise against the father.
Only the display of valour (heroism) can tackle the trouble.
Among thousands, there is hardly one or not even one (fit to be a) leader.
Peace is one which allows the enjoyment of results without disturbance.
Artisans are generally dishonest.
Peace and activity (industry) are sources of security and welfare.
Power, place and time (opportunity) mutually help.
One’s body should be protected, not wealth. Why feel for transient riches?
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
The biggest guru mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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.
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
Once you start working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
Whores don't live in the company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits.
God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
Treat your kids 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.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

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