Quotes about Wisdom

So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.

I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”

But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.