A blade of grass is light, cotton is lighter, the beggar is infinitely lighter still. Why then does not the wind carry him away Because it fears that he may ask alms of him.
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Do not say, What what fear has a rich man of calamity When riches begin to forsake one even the accumulated stock dwindles away.Chanakya
Fish, tortoises, and birds bring up their young by means of sight, attention and touch so do saintly men afford protection to their associates by the same means.
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It is better to be without a kingdom than to rule over a petty one better to be without a friend than to befriend a rascal better to be without a disciple than to have a stupid one and better to be without a wife than to have a bad one.
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A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
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As gold is tested in four ways by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating -- so a man should be tested by these four things his renunciation, his conduct, his qualities and his actions.
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The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
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