Quotes about Matters

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.

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.

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

It is always the interest of a far greater number of people in a nation to have things right, than to let them remain wrong; and when public matters are open to debate, and the public judgment free, it will not decide wrong, unless it decides to hastily.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In matters of great importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.