My highlights from Chanakya's Chant
‘Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead,’
man who opens his mouth too often may end up meeting a tragic end, either from indigestion or execution!’
One does not need to pluck fruit from a tree that is about to be chopped down. The fruit will fall by themselves. Focus on the bigger purpose and the rest of your manifesto will follow as a matter of course.’
In order to become master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people.’
‘Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.
‘It’s foolish men who die for their country. The intelligent ones make others die for their country instead.
a battle is never about who’s right. It’s mostly about who’s left!’
‘War is all about deception.
it’s often easier to get forgiveness rather than permission!’
Wise men think all they say, fools say all they think.
Afghans who inhabited the rugged mountains along the Kabul River derived their name from their ancestors who lived there—the Ashvakans.
Honesty is a most dreadful quality—it makes people difficult to manipulate,’
Bravery is simply being the only one who knows that you’re afraid!
the question is not whether we’re defended or not. The more relevant question is whether we can make our enemies believe that Magadha is defended.’
If I need to use religious differences to create unity, so be it. The ends justify the means.’
a clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory.
you can only stab someone in the back if you’re standing behind him,
‘The early bird catches the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese,’
Guerrilla warfare is an economical method of unconventional armed struggle.
One should keep one’s friends close and enemies even closer,’
‘I must be cruel, only to be kind. Thus bad begins and worse remains behind.’The Red Fort—the largest monument in Old Delhi— wasn’t merely a site from which the prime minister of India addressed his countrymen on Independence Day. It was also a labyrinth of cells and tunnels. During Mughal times, more than three thousand people lived inside the fort.
‘God defend me from my friends, from my enemies I can defend myself,’
‘They are indeed identical, my friend, but the first one contains oil that has been supplied from the government treasury while the second is supplied with oil bought by me personally. Since your visit is not official, why should I expend state resources?’
‘If a snake isn’t poisonous, all the more reason that it should pretend to be so,
‘My problem,’ said the acharya, ‘is that you have a strong will but I have a weak won’t!’
‘Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you in motion, but gets you nowhere,’
Political power hopes to control the economic resources of the country. Economic power hopes to control the politicians,’
winning isn’t only about increasing our strength but also about reducing the enemy’s.
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