As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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.
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others, destroy themselves like the serpents in ant-hills.
There is no disease so destructive as lust.
A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Men have hunger, sleep, fear and carnal intercourse in common with the lower animals. It is only knowledge that a man has more than they. Those men who have not it may be regarded as beasts
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?
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.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
The biggest guru-mantra is: 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.
The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
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.
We return evil for evil, in which there is no sin, for it is necessary to pay a wicked man in his own coin.
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher full of poison with milk on top.
The man who is foolish at the termination of his life shall always remain a fool.
One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich, but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way.
It is better to die than preserve life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life only pains a moment, but disgrace every day of one’s life.
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fearb and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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.
Though men be endowed with beauty and youth, and be born in a noble family, yet without education, they are like a palas tree, which is void of any sweet smell.
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
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.
He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, “what fear has a rich man of calamity?” Wealth sometimes vanishes away and large accumulations perish.
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.
Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.
There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.
