Chanakya Quotes on Education (8 Quotes)

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

Learn one thing from a lion one from a crane four a cock five from a crow six from a dog and three from an ass.

One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich (if he is learned) but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way.

O jackal, leave aside the body of that man at once, whose hands have never given in charity, whose ears have not heard the voice of learning, whose eyes have not beheld a pure devotee of the Lord, whose feet have never traversed to holy places, whose belly is filled with things obtained by crooked practices, and whose head is held high in vanity. Do not eat it, O jackal, otherwise you will become polluted.

Religious austerities should be practiced alone, study by two, and singing by three. A journey should be undertaken by four, agriculture by five, and war by many together.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.

Those who are destitute of learning, penance, knowledge, good disposition, virtue and benevolence are brutes wandering the earth in the form of men. They are burdensome to the earth.