Quotes About Relevance

As much as I don't care about those things, I think it's human nature to not want to feel totally insignificant.

I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change.

Are you happy? It doesn't matter! Are you unhappy? It doesn't matter! What matters is whether you exist or not! Are you laughing? It doesn't matter! Are you crying? It doesn't matter! What matters is whether you exist or not!

Do not bother about to be recorded in history, try not to become a thing of the past!

The reason while we are in danger in this universe is this: We need the universe but the universe does not need us!

We are in the 21st century; what are the kings or the queens doing in this century? They must remain in the past!

Que proveito tenho eu se o nascimento eterno do filho divino ocorre sem cessar, mas não ocorre dentro de mim? Que proveito obtenho eu do fato de Deus dar à luz o seu filho, se eu não o trago à luz em minha época, e em minha cultura?

It's like geographical humor. You just don't get it unless you were there.

We will never reach the world for Christ in our generation if we simply follow in the groove worn for us by our predecessors.

Far too much research conducted at business schools today has little or no value to business leaders.

Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.

Solitude increased my perception. But here's the tricky thing: when I applied my increased perception to myself, I lost my identity. There was no audience, no one to perform for. There was no need to define myself. I became irrelevant. (I)solation felt more like communion...To put it romantically, I was completely free.

Solitude bestows an increase in something valuable. I can't dismiss that idea. Solitude increased my perception. But here's the tricky thing: when I applied my increased perception to myself, I lost my identity. There was no audience, no one to perform for. There was no need to define myself. I became irrelevant.

There was no audience, no one to perform for. There was no need to define myself. I became irrelevant.

The Acts has so much to say to our half-hearted and cold-blooded Christianity in the western world. It rebukes our preoccupation with buildings and ministerial pedigree, our syncretism and pluralism, our lack of expectancy and vibrant faith. As such it is a book supremely relevant for our time.

In particular, the rich tradition of intentional Christian community that is also inherently missional needs to be more fully celebrated, imitated, and reimagined for its relevance to more standard forms of being the church.

Not everything that matters can be measured, and not everything that can be measured matters.

What will matter is not your success but your significance....

Die größte Sorge des zeitgenössischen Intellektuellen ist die, man könne ihn für altmodisch und gestrig halten. Das dürfte auch der Grund sein, warum die moderne Kunst inzwischen quasi unkritisierbar ist.

Persuading a given rando is of virtually zero value.

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Sometimes I wake at night and worry that I might have disappeared in my sleep. That's what happens when nobody cares about you. Bit by bit you begin to disappear until people look right through your chest and head like you're made of glass. It's not about love; it's about being forgotten. We only exist if others think about us. It is like that tree that falls in the forest with nobody around to hear it. Who the fuck cares except the birds?

For a man with no cows you talk a lot of bullshit, Ryan.

Wisdom doesn't go out of style, even if it's in increasingly short supply.