Quotes about Life
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
— Ecclesiastes 5:15
This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
— Ecclesiastes 5:16
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
— Ecclesiastes 5:18
For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
— Ecclesiastes 5:20
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