Thiruvalluvar Quotes

Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

Real kindness seeks no return.

There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.

Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of truth is light itself.

The wound that's made by fire will heal, But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;So will a man's reason vary with the quality of his friends.

How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

When the rare chance comes, seize it To do the rare deed.

Worthless are those who injure others vengefully, while those who stoically endure are like stored gold. The gratification of the vengeful lasts only for a day, but the glory of the forbearing lasts until the end of time. Though unjustly aggrieved, it is best to suffer the suffering and refrain from unrighteous retaliation.

A fortress is of no use to cowards.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand, Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.

It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues, Which moves the world.

They who in trouble untroubled are Will trouble trouble itself.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

Those who have wisdom have all: Fools with all have nothing.

Whatever things a man gives up, By those he cannot suffer pain.

Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know.

The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others.