Which is more important

Souls:

“You were made to last forever” (Warren, The Purpose Driven Life).

“[God] has also set eternity in the hearts of men” (Solomon, Ecclesiastes 3:11).

“And for us this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures… had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before” (C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle).

Works:

“[A]ll achievements are eventually surpassed, records are broken, reputations fade, and tributes are forgotten” (Warren, The Purpose Driven Life).

“There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow (1:11). For the wise man, like the fool, will not be long remembered; in days to come both will be forgotten. Like the fool, the wise man too must die! I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? (2:16, 18-19) ‘Meaningless! Meaningless! … Everything is meaningless!’ (12:8).” (Solomon, Ecclesiastes)

“I know that everything God does will endure forever” (Solomon, Ecclesiastes 3:14).