Chanakya's Mantras.

5 Chanakya Niti Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:36 pm (PST) . Posted by: "padmaraj nambiar" nambi16886 >15 GREAT THOUGHTS BY CHANAKYA > >1) "Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all yourselves!!" > >2)"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are severely tested first." > >3)"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous." > >4)"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth." > >5)" 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." > > 6)"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it." > >7)"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman." > >8)"Once you start working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest." > >9)"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction." > >10)"God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple." > >11) "A man is great by deeds, not by birth." > >12) "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness." >- Chanakya > >13) "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." > >14) "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person." >- Chanakya > >15) "Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth." > thanks to world malayalee club.