Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume II - Part 2
Fragment ID: 11466
Most people do things because they have to, not out of the happiness they find in the things. It is only its hobbies and penchants that the nature finds some happiness in, not usually in work – unless of course the work itself is one’s hobby or penchant and can be indulged in or dropped as one likes.