Quotes about Reflection
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
— Proverbs 30:32
What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
— Proverbs 31:2
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
— Ecclesiastes 1:1
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
— Ecclesiastes 1:2
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
— Ecclesiastes 1:12
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 1:14
What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
— Ecclesiastes 1:15
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
— Ecclesiastes 1:18
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
— Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
— Ecclesiastes 2:2
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
— Ecclesiastes 2:3
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 2:11