2 # Wisdom For Money & Wealth

# He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
# Accumulated wealth is saved by spending, just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
# He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
# Low class men desire wealth; middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.
# 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. The rainwater enlivens all living beings of the earth both movable (insects, animals, humans, etc.) and immovable (plants, trees, etc.), and then returns to the ocean where its value is multiplied a million fold.
# Poverty is set off by fortitude; shabby garments by keeping them clean; bad food by warming it; and ugliness by good behaviour.
# 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.
# Fate makes a beggar a king and a king a beggar. He makes a rich man poor and a poor man rich.
# He who is not shy in the acquisition of wealth, grain and knowledge, and in taking his meals, will be happy.
# As centesimal droppings will fill a pot so also are knowledge, virtue and wealth gradually obtained.

Chanakya Nitishastra

1 # Wisdom For Money & Wealth

# Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "What fear has a rich man, of calamity?" When riches begin to forsake one even the accumulated stock dwindles away.
# Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have no friends, or cannot acquire knowledge.
# Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.
# 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.
# Consider again and again the following: the right time, the right friends, the right place, the right means of income, the right ways of spending, and from whom you derive your power.
# 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.
# Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.
# There is no water like rainwater; no strength like one's own; no light like that of the eyes; and no wealth more dear than food grain.
# To wake at the proper time; to take a bold stand and fight; to make a fair division (of property) among relations; and to earn one's own bread by personal exertion are the four excellent things to be learned from a cock.

Chanakya Nitishastra