Quotes about Life
For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
— Ecclesiastes 6:4
The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
— Ecclesiastes 6:5
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
— Ecclesiastes 6:6
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
— Ecclesiastes 6:8
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
— Ecclesiastes 6:12
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
— Ecclesiastes 7:2
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
— Ecclesiastes 7:4
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 7:11
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
— Ecclesiastes 7:12
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
— Ecclesiastes 7:14
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
— Ecclesiastes 7:15
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
— Ecclesiastes 7:17