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

For Today and Tomorrow

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, July 2, 2013:

 

The writer 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.