"We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story."
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"Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness. For modern man, absolute right and absolute wrong are a matter of what the majority is doing."
"Then they began to say: 'Yes, but how can we know what is God's Word, and what is right or wrong? We must learn this from the Pope and the councils.' Very well then, let them conclude and say what they please, yet I will reply, you cannot put your confidence in that nor thus satisfy your conscience, for you must determine this matter yourself, for your very life depends upon it. Therefore God must speak to your heart: This is God's Word; otherwise you are undecided."
"In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first"
"If what Jesus said was good, what can it matter whether he was God or not?"
"No matter what the problem is, our experiences are just outer effects of inner thoughts."
"No matter where you are in life, no matter what you’ve contributed to creating, no matter what’s happening, you are always doing the best you can with the understanding and awareness and knowledge that you have. And when you know more, you will do differently, as I did"
"No matter whether your life is pleasant or good; whether you are having big challenges or no challenges, your state of your mind has everything to do with how you will relate to your experiences."
"A proposition is completely logically analyzed if its grammar is made completely clear: no matter what idiom it may be written or expressed in."
"It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to."
"Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship."
"No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you."
"Philosophers have often held dispute As to the seat of thought in man and brute For that the power of thought attends the latter My friend, thy beau, hath made a settled matter, And spite of dogmas current in all ages, One settled fact is better than ten sages. (O,Tempora! O,Mores!)"
"No matter what happens, I'm loud, noisy, earthy and ready for much more living."
"It doesn't matter whether one uses God or doesn't. What matters is which experience a person has."
"The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success."
"Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith."
"Literature doesn't matter! The only thing that matters is money and getting your teeth fixed!"
"If one were to be a person of value that value could not be a condition subject to hazards of fortune. It had to be a quality that could not change. No matter what."
"How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary."