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The little things13 quotes
The best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of Love. — William Wordsworth · 1798Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things. — Rodgers and Hammerstein · 1959How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart. — Nikos Kazantzakis · 1946If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. — George Eliot · 1872It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1891I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and future worlds. What would we really know the meaning of? The meal in the firkin; the milk in the pan; the ballad in the street; the news of the boat. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1837All 13 quotes →The ordinary and mundane3 quotes
If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. — George Eliot · 1872The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas; they're always "in the wings." That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and superficial. — Fred Rogers · 2003I write about little things because the big ones are like abysses. — Anais Nin · 1934Big vs. small2 quotes
The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas; they're always "in the wings." That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and superficial. — Fred Rogers · 2003I write about little things because the big ones are like abysses. — Anais Nin · 1934Happiness2 quotes
How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart. — Nikos Kazantzakis · 1946The happiness of life, on the contrary, is made up of minute fractions-the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1828Special moments2 quotes
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies.
And be it gash or gold it will not come
Again in this identical disguise. — Gwendolyn Brooks · 1949The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas; they're always "in the wings." That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and superficial. — Fred Rogers · 2003Being present1 quote
I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and future worlds. What would we really know the meaning of? The meal in the firkin; the milk in the pan; the ballad in the street; the news of the boat. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1837Details1 quote
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1891Enjoying life1 quote
There's no point to any of this. It's all just a...a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know...a quarter-pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter becomes a cackle. And I sit back, and I...I smoke my Camel Straights and I ride my own melt. — Troy Dyer · 1994Life1 quote
Trifles make the sum of life. — Charles Dickens · 1850Loving others1 quote
The best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of Love. — William Wordsworth · 1798Meaninglessness1 quote
There's no point to any of this. It's all just a...a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know...a quarter-pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter becomes a cackle. And I sit back, and I...I smoke my Camel Straights and I ride my own melt. — Troy Dyer · 1994Mindfulness1 quote
The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas; they're always "in the wings." That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and superficial. — Fred Rogers · 2003Serving others1 quote
The best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of Love. — William Wordsworth · 1798Simple living1 quote
I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and future worlds. What would we really know the meaning of? The meal in the firkin; the milk in the pan; the ballad in the street; the news of the boat. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1837The absurd1 quote
There's no point to any of this. It's all just a...a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know...a quarter-pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter becomes a cackle. And I sit back, and I...I smoke my Camel Straights and I ride my own melt. — Troy Dyer · 1994