Insignificant Things Quotations

Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art.

I try to write about small insignificant things. I try to find out if it's possible to say anything about them. And I almost always do if I sit down and write about something. There is something in that thing that I can write about. It's very much like a rehearsal. An exercise, in a way.

I blame the newspapers because every day they call our attention to insignificant things, while three or four times in our lives,we read books that contain essential things. Once we feverishly tear the band of paper enclosing our newspapers, things should change and we should find--I do not know--the Pensées by Pascal!

One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring.

If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.

It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

Enjoyment of life is not based on enjoyable circumstances. It is an attitude of the heart, a decision to enjoy everything because everything - even little, seemingly insignificant things - have a part in the overall "big picture" of life.

The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.