Top 38 Quotes by 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?

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.

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.

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.

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

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

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

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

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.

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.