Quotes about Matters

When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?

Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.

Love, too, is why I believe. At the end of life, what else matters?

The more we focus on tangential issues, the less effective we will be in addressing matters of true moral significance.

to act on what you learn is all that really matters.

We just have to remember that where we pay attention matters more than we know. Our minds and hearts are like dry sponges. What we focus on is what will soak in and saturate us. If it is something foolish, we will make foolish decisions. If it is wise, we will make wise decisions.

Yes—God is sovereign. And in his sovereignty he created a world in which the choices of men and angels matter. Tremendously. He has granted to us "the dignity of causation," as Pascal called it. Our choices have enormous consequences.

I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them.

But if we listen with our own interests and agendas in mind, if we develop "private interpretations" and idiosyncratic views, we risk shattering that unity, provoking disputes over doubtful matters, and weakening our corporate gospel witness.

What good is much discussion of involved and obscure matters when our ignorance of them will not be held against us on Judgment Day? Neglect of things which are profitable and necessary and undue concern with those which are irrelevant and harmful, are great folly.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man's soul.