Quotes on Common Things

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.