• "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first."
• "Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."
• "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."
• "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."
• "As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
• "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."
• "The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
• "Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits."
• "God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple."
• "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."
• "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."
• "Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
• "You born with nothing, but you die with your Name. So, make your name a History, not just a Word."

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