Inconspicuous Quotes

“When we still our mind and stroll through the human landscapes around us, we can see astounding images sneaking from undisclosed places, and hear roaring sounds behind unsuspected walls. If we take the time to listen to the blistering flurry of the silence and look at the inconspicuous specks in our surroundings, our world can turn into an explosion of little wonders. We realize that we finally recognize the things we have overlooked, due to our deafness and blindness. ("Fish for silence.")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Quite often, when an idea that could be helpful presents itself, we do not appreciate it, for it is so inconspicuous. The expert has, perhaps, no more ideas than the inexperienced, but appreciates more what he has and uses it better.”
― George Pólya, How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

“There's a new kind of Giving-
I remember when Philanthropy was inconspicuous and anonymous.
Now it has turned in to " Look at me, I just saved the world" kind of show.”
― Charmaine J Forde

“Marriage, and women, were done differently in Rome, where female authority was a meaningless concept. (Similarly, for a man to be called effeminate was the worst insult.) The Roman definition of a good woman was an inconspicuous woman, something that defied Cleopatra's training. In Alexandria she needed to make a spectacle of herself. Here the mandate was reversed.”
― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life