It is better to do the smallest thing in the world than to hold half an hour to be too small a thing.

Buddhism Day by Day

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, June 16, 2013:

 

The writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was an unflagging optimist. How was he able to maintain such optimism? Because he was always active. He did not allow his life to stagnate. He writes: "It is better to do the smallest thing in the world than to hold half an hour to be too small a thing." Spending thirty minutes a day assiduously challenging some undertaking can completely change our lives.