Chanakya Neeti Quotes & Sayings

A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant begets misery,
As living in a house with a serpent in it begets death surely.
[5] 1.5 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

(On disco) I don't consider that a genre as much as a level of hell. — J.M. Hushour

Save wealth but never assume it removes all calamity,
When riches forsake, amassed stock dwindles rapidly.
[7] 1.7 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the little chants and songs we use to teach young children have choruses and refrains. We are attracted to repetition, even as adults; we want the stimulus and the reward again and again, and in music we get it. Perhaps, therefore, we should not be surprised, should not complain if the balance sometimes shifts too far and our musical sensitivity becomes a vulnerability. — Oliver Sacks

Where you are not respected inhabit not that country,
You can not earn, have friends and get knowledge truly.
[8] 1.8 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

Happy be who generous to relatives, to strangers kindly,
Indifferent to wicked, loving to good, shrewd in dealing be;
Who frank with the learned and courageous with enemy,
Ever humble with elders and stern with his wife does be.
[211] 12.3 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

Save money for adversity, wife against riches undoubtedly,
But save the soul even against wife and riches invariably.
[6] 1.6 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

Polluted who hears not voice of learning, gives no charity,
Who sees not pure devotee and walks not to places holy;
Who fills with things by crooked practices unhesitatingly,
And who ever holds his head high in arrogance and vanity.
[212] 12.4 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

The learned has grieve by instructing foolish disciple surely,
As a wicked wife or with the wretched having familiarity.
[4] 1.4 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

Before you can achieve any of that, though, you'll need to get in the habit of keeping nothing on your mind. And the way to do that, as we've seen, is not by managing time, managing information, or managing priorities. After all: you don't manage five minutes and wind up with six; you don't manage information overload - otherwise you'd walk into a library and die, or the first time you connected to the Web, you'd blow up; and you don't manage priorities - you have them. Instead, the key to managing all of your stuff is managing your actions. — David Allen

I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa. — George Weah

If you want your kids to know and love God, is it most effective for you to miss church all summer so they can play ball? — Herbert Cooper

That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up and so should relatives who are without affection. — Chanakya

Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck it out once a week. — Terry Pratchett

It's a law of the universe that 87 percent of all people in all professions are incompetent. — John Gardner

The Grhasta blessed if house a bliss, wife speaks sweetly,
If wealth satisfies desire, sons able, enjoys wife's company;
If servants obedient, has hospitality, Lord worshiped daily,
Delicious food, drink shared, finds joy in devotees' company.
[209] 12.1 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

We have nutritionists to advise us on what to eat, in terms of our protein and carbohydrate intake. It's really important that you get a good balance. — Filo Tiatia

Profound things are simple. If it is not simple, it cannot be true. But simple things are difficult. — Douglas Harding

Little given to brahman in distress compensated abundantly,
Is got back not in equal quantity, but in a way higher degree.
[210] 12.2 Chanakya — Munindra Misra