Chanakya's quotes - relevent even today!!
If Chanakya lived today, people will just deride him as pessimistic, crooked, wily, etc. A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are victimized first. --applies even outside politics. Look at road accidents, majority of the people killed were just following the law when some duffer drove either drunk or rashly or both. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. --What will proponents of the "unsinkable ship" say?? There's a reason why USA is best friends with Pakistan ;-) and why Thirumavalavan is friends with Ramadas? As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. Once you start a working on something,don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest. The fragran...