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• There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

  Samuel Johnson

  Happiness, Art, Men

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1799). “Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales”, p.502

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• There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

  Walt Whitman

  Squash, Hub, Objects

  Walt Whitman, David S. Reynolds (2005). “Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass”, p.42, Oxford University Press

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• As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn't let it go for less than half-a-crown.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Everyday, Let It Go, Pennies

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook B 33, 1799.

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• My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.

  Daisy Ashford

  Wind, Ideas, My Own

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• The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Thinking, Littles, Think Big

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• Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.

  Walter Benjamin

  Memories, Passion, Borders

  Walter Benjamin (1996). “Selected Writings: 1927-1934”, p.486, Harvard University Press

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• I don't mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don't go around naked, for example. I don't run through red lights. The little things, I can obey. But the big things- how we think, what we value- those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone-or any society- determine those for you. ' -Morrie Schwartz

  Mitch Albom

  Running, Mean, Thinking

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.155, Broadway Books

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• I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Issues, Nails, Boots

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, p.66

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• It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.

  Wangari Maathai

  Differences, Tree, Citizens

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• Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

  Zeno of Citium

  Happiness, Littles, Nevertheless

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• I think the difference between me and some people is that I'm content to do my little bit. Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to make change. But if each one would light a candle we'd have a tremendous light.

  Thea Bowman

  Inspirational, Change, Thinking

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• We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self.

  Rose Philippine Duchesne

  God, Faith, Religious

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• Ask often, be content of little, reward always.

  Nuno Oliveira

  Horse, Often Is, Contentment

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• If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Motivational, Positive, Spiritual

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.144, Penguin

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• Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 30, 2016

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• Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.

  Banksy

  Smile, Art, Graffiti

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• Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

  Albert Einstein

  Trust, Leadership, Truth

  "Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb".

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• When you are feeling bad, do one thing a day to make your heart dance. It could be a simple thing like looking up at the sky.

  Yoko Ono

  Heart, Simple, Sky

  Twitter post from Nov 22, 2015

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• Still, these days when I daydream about the movie, I don't think about the big picture. It's more fun for me to think of little things that would add to the movie. I like to think the powers that be would let me amuse myself with some small things in order to shut me up while they re-write the screenplay to turn Kvothe into a lesbian, shape-changing unicorn.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Fun, Writing, Thinking

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• The thing that goes the farthest
  towards making life worth while,
  That costs the least, and does the most,
  is just a pleasant smile.

  Wilbur D. Nesbit

  Happiness, Smile, Doe

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• Most of the time, if you're not really paying attention, you're someplace else. So your child might say, "Daddy, I want this," and you might say, "Just a minute, I'm busy." Now that's no big deal-we all get busy, and kids frequently ask for attention. But over your child's entire youth, you may have an enormous number of such moments to be really, fully present, but because you thought you were busy, you didn't see the opportunities these moments presented. . . . People carry around an enormous amount of grief because they missed the little things.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Children, Grief, Kids

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• Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Care, Littles

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• People let little things cheat them out of big opportunities

  Jim Rohn

  Opportunity, People, Littles

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• The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn't it?

  Sandra Cisneros

  World, Littles, Matter

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• The Christian who keeps his heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Fall, Heart

  "Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke".

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