"It doesnâ€™t much matter whether people care or donâ€™t care. What matters is that people change the world."

-- Elizabeth Kolbert

#What Matters Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.”
“Love is not as important as good health. You cannot be in love if you're not healthy. You can't appreciate it.”
“I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.”
“I use the camera as a dumb copying device that only serves to document whatever phenomenon appears before it through the conditions set by a system. No esthetic choices are possible. Other people often make the photographs. It makes no difference.”
“The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.”
“We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself.”
“Lately Iâ€™d begun carrying pain amulets in my bag, like some people have breath mints.”
“We are consumed by safety. Obsessed with it, actually. Now, Iâ€™m not saying it is wrong to pray for Godâ€™s protection, but I am questioning how weâ€™ve made safety our highest priority. Weâ€™ve elevated safety to the neglect of whatever Godâ€™s best is, whatever would bring God the most glory, or whatever would accomplish His purposes in our lives and in the world.”

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