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“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.”
“Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”
“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.”
“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.”
“God doesn't dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.”
“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.”
“That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up and so should relatives who are without affection.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.”
“Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”
“Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”
“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.”
“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”
“Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”