All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy and great things in that which is small.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Harmony makes small things grow lack of it makes great things decay.
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
Great people talk about ideas average people talk about things and small people talk about wine.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.
We are biological creatures. We are born we live we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear we find courage in the face of helplessness insignificance and uncertainty.