Quotes about Ecclesiastes

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. ECCLESIASTES 12:14

While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention of I know not whom. It lasts no time at all, and is worth nothing. One breaks one's neck in living. Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances. Happiness is an antique reliquary painted on one side only. Ecclesiastes says: 'All is vanity.' I agree with that good man, who never existed, perhaps.

Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,