Quotes by Chanakya — Quotable

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15 Dec

Written By Craig Haslam

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Chanakya, also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta, was a revered ancient Indian philosopher, economist, and royal advisor who lived during the 4th century BCE.

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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanenc

The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not. - Zhuangzi.png

Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe. - Zhuangzi.png

A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean. - Zhuangzi.png

The living is a passing travele

Shade and light are different in every valley. - Li Bai.png

When the moon reaches fullness, it begins to wane. - Sima Qian.png

And make death proud to take us. - Cleopatra.png

I will not be triumphed over. - Cleopatra.png

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. - Philo of Alexandria.png

Emotions become more violent when expression is stifled. - Philo of Alexandria.png

As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity. - Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2).png

Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves. - Matsuo Basho.png

Death is only the beginning - Imhotep.png

Events defined time, they were not ordered by it. - Imhotep.png

Hope has two beautiful daughter

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love. - Augustine of Hippo.png

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. - Augustine of Hippo.png

Patience is the companion of wisdom. - Augustine of Hippo (2).png

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. - Augustine of Hippo.png

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. - Augustine of Hippo (3).png

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. - Augustine of Hippo.png

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. - Maimonides.png

A Candle never Loses any of its Light while Lighting up another candle. _ Rumi (2).png

It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you _ Rumi.png

The soul has been given its own ears to hear things mind does not understand. _ Rumi.png

The wound is the place where the Light enters you. _ Rumi.png

What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost again. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description. _ Rumi.png

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Craig Haslam