Quotes About Truth

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.

What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

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

It is better to heed a wise manís rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

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.

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

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.

I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:

There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:

The words of a wise manís mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

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

The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.