Preliminary Matter

Famous quotes containing the words preliminary and/or matter:

“Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.”
—Paul Tillich (1886–1965)

“Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.”
—David Elkind (20th century)