265 Quotes by Chanakya

When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.

The disgrace of one’s people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded.

There is no enemy like infatuation and fire like wrath.

Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.

He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife’s conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches, has his heaven here on earth.

A father who is a chronic debtor, an adulterous mother, a beautiful wife, and an unlearned son are enemies in one’s own home.

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

God doesn't dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.

A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.