Nonetheless.

I read something of absolute beauty today, a rarity.

What can a simple man do in front of a huge fire?

He could run away, leaving to their fate the others who cannot flee or have nowhere to go. He could also stand and whine, sit and level accusations. Or he could fill the teaspoon in his hand with water, time and time again, and pour it on the flames...

The teaspoon in the simple man's hands is very small and the fire is very big. Nonetheless.

-- from The Order of the Teaspoon by Amos Oz; Yedioth Ahronoth, 18 April 2002.