PART ONE: WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE SMALL?

1. A Small Tale

2. We are the Way of the Small
The Significance of Our Insignificance • Potent Quotes

3. God's Small Secret
A Slice of Smallness • The Absolutely Small • Judaism • Christianity • Islam • Taoism • Confucianism • Hinduism • Buddhism • Potent Quotes

PART TWO: ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES FOR LIVING SMALL

4. Building a Foundation for Success
A Slice of Smallness • Less Is More, Simpler Is Better • Being Ordinary But Exceptional • Knowing How to Persevere and When to Quit • The Great Begins With the Small • Celebrating the Right Details • Being Small-and-Smart • Potent Quotes

5. Finding Happiness
A Slice of Smallness • Penetrating What Is • Knowing When to Go With the Flow and When Against • Seizing Small Moments • Letting Go of Perfection • Learning to Love Vulnerably • Facing Adversity With Humor • Potent Quotes

6. Embracing Diminishment
A Slice of Smallness • Surrendering to the Inner Desert • Sacrificing Yourself to the Jaws of Defeat • Loving Your Fate • Living a Life of Few Hopes and Expectations • Anticipating Death’s Small Portal • Potent Quotes

7. Practicing the Way of the Small in the World
A Slice of Smallness • Humility is the Highest Form of Greatness • Approaching Diversity and Complexity by Way of the Small • The World Scorns the Small • Dealing With Your Own Shadow • Learning to Listen to Silence • Potent Quotes