Quotes about Existence
All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
- Ecclesiastes 3:20
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
- Ecclesiastes 3:21
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- Ecclesiastes 4:2
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:3
Again, I saw futility under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:7
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8
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
Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
- Ecclesiastes 6:10
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
What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
- Ecclesiastes 7:24
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5