420. Tap even a stone bridge before crossing it.

419. Dilemmas and delays prove rather costly at times. Procrastination is an evil to be kept a bay.

- Sujit Mukerji

418. The hardest person to awaken is the person already awake.

- Tagalog

417. The crab that walks too far, falls into the pot.

- Haitian

416. Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind.

415. Hear reason or she will make you feel her.

- Ben Franklin

414. Fine feathers don't make fine birds.

- Aesop

413. A watched pot never boils.

412. The frog enjoys itself in water but not in hot water.

411. Medicine left in the container can't help.

- Yoruba

410. Kisi k liye jeenay me hi to maza h,

Aisa karne se hi yeh baat samajh me ati h;

Apne liye hi jeena to sirf ek saza h,

Aisa karne se to vo baat samajh se paray h …

(Living for others makes life worthy and satisfying, one has to do so to realize it; Living for the self is only a punishment: on doing so, one cannot realize the worth of life …)

- Sujit Mukerji

409. … Depressed patients pay more attention to negative things in their environment than healthy people … Some drugs used in treating depression increase the action of the neurochemical serotonin, or ‘the happiness molecule’, in the brain … Such treatments make them pay more attention to positive things, leading to better mood over time …

Thought processes could lead people into a positive and calm mood … Meditation alters activity of neurons in different parts of the brain and can cause long term changes in the brain. Altered activity of neurons implies that the release of different neurochemicals is being altered …

Bright light also acts on both the serotonin and dopamine systems in humans … Depression in the winter, when days are short, can be treated by exposure to bright light early in the morning. … Running increases serotonin … It can help treat clinical depression, that may be due in whole or in part to release of endorphins (neurochemicals that have an action similar to opiates but without the addictive properties).

In addition to factors such as bright light, exercise and meditation, another important factor that is associated with better mood is having a larger social circle … Serotonin can influence social behaviour in humans, with increased serotonin sometimes increasing agreeableness and decreasing quarrelsomeness …

- Dr. Simon N Young (Professor, McGill University, Montreal, in an interview with Subodh Varma, published in the Times Of India, dated Oct. 13, 2014.)

408. Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

- J.K. Rowling

407. Red sky at night,

Shepherd’s delight;

Red sky in the morning,

Shepherd take warning.

406. Out of vulnerabilities will come your strength.

-         Sigmund Freud

405. Anger is one letter short of danger.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

404. Beware of the door with too many keys.

403. Any plan is bad that cannot be changed.

402. Nothing remains constant except change itself.

401. Sticks and stones are hard on bones,

Aimed with angry art …

Words can sting like anything,

But silence breaks the heart …

400. In today’s mad race for progress, man seems to be left with no time for himself. He doesn’t seem to know exactly what he is losing until it is too late and nothing remains to be done. What then should be of utmost priority to him? To pause after every little while to see just where he is heading. One should always stop to think if there is something one is standing to lose in any bargain. One should keep reminding oneself of the differences between selfishness and what one ought to do. Selfishness is how one would feel temporarily, while the path that we ought to take is the one that ensures the ultimate welfare of everybody. For instance, how does an average student feel when asked to study? Selfishness prompts him to run away from his prime duty – studying – and seek comfort or other diversions that makes him feel good. Temporarily. But the ultimate result would obviously be harmful not just for the student but for all concerned. So, selfishness is aimed at temporary feeling of well-being at the cost of ultimate welfare of not just the one who is selfish but also of all those attached to him. Contrary to this, if one takes the path one ought to take, then, maybe, one has to endure certain things and even make sacrifices. But the ultimate result would be good.

- Sujit Mukerji

399. To meet, to know,

And then to part –

Is the saddest fate

Of human heart …

398. A tree falls the way it leans.

- Walloon

397. Life is like the moon: now full, now dark.

396. I don’t think anyone should see them (children) as pitiable subjects … People often relate childish behaviour to stupidity or foolishness. This mindset needs to change. I want to level the playing field where I can learn from the children … (e.g.) transparency. They are innocent, straightforward, and have no biases. I relate children to simplicity …

- Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel laureate (Ref: #343, #334)

395. Depend on your walking stick; not on other people.

394. Be careful what you ask for; you may get it.

393. A horse may run quickly but it cannot escape its tail.

392. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

391. Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

-Kahlil Gibran

390. Only the weak can be harmed. So, we should increase our strength in every way rather than waste our time and energy in blaming.

- Sujit Mukerji

389. Depend on others and you will go hungry.

-Nepalese

388. Ill weeds grow fast.

- John Heywood

387. He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.

-         Sun Tzu

386. If you would get ahead, be a bridge.

- Welsh

385. Ambition is a good servant but a bad master.

384. Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.

- Aesop

383. Ambition begets vexations.

- Singhalese

382. The only way to control chaos and complexity is to give up some of that control.

- Gyan Nagpal

381. One seed sown can grow up into a tree with many branches and fruits. Similarly, one small action can lead to scores of consequent events.

- Sujit Mukerji