Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Real swaraj will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the acquisition of capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.