Quotes about Philosophy
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
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
— Ecclesiastes 1:18
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
— Ecclesiastes 2:2
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
— Ecclesiastes 2:12
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
— Ecclesiastes 3:21
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
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
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
All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
— Ecclesiastes 7:23
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
— Ecclesiastes 12:8
So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
— Acts 17:19
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
— Acts 17:21