Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Avoid chasing after the never ending deluge of potential trinkets.”

— Steven Redhead

One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously.

— Nicolas Bentley

Delude not yourself with the notion that you may be untrue and uncertain in trifles and in important things the contrary. Trifles make up…

— Carl Maria von Weber

“To discuss endlessly what silly people mean when they say silly things may be amusing but can hardly be important.”

— Bertrand Russell

“Even the most difficult things which you think you'll never get over you do get over, and in a trice you find they're behind…

— Niccolò Ammaniti

“If something is important enough, a little mistake isn't going to ruin it all, or make it vanish. It [just] might not be perfect.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Trifles cannot satisfy our longings. Sensual pleasures, power over our fellow man, the acquisition of things, these are babbles, toys, trifles. Our spirits yearn…

— Vaughn Heppner

“Only the pointless is worthwhile, all else is futile.”

— Giovanna Stefani

“Are you prepared to have quite obvious things explained to you, to ask futile questions, to give me chances of scoring off you, to…

— A.A. Milne

“Why should I lose character for a few metal trinkets?”

— Malala Yousafzai

“Sometimes a thing is--too much--and it has to be put away.”

— Audrey Niffenegger

“Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit…

— Mark Twain