Post 2: Philosophies!

When you ask for some advice, I think its important what you think of the person whom you want to take advice from.

This post will be about a few philosophies I like to follow which will be beneficial as a student (of and in life).

A few teachings of  the great Chanakya. There is great value for 'common-sense'.
- Realized learning (vidya) is our friend while travelling
- Do not live in a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have no friends, or cannot acquire knowledge
- He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe

- 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

- By his own actions a man entangles himself in the world, and by his own efforts he extricates himself
- He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both    happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined

Source for the above - Chanakya_Niti

What I have learnt from my experiences and follow:
- Giving the right advice to a fool is useless and a waste of time & energy or as I like to call it "idiots will be idiots"
- Give more value to become the best in your strengths than trying to improve your weaknesses
- Someone who works hard in the right direction cannot remain poor for long