Thoughts About Life

Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

A good reputation is better than expensive perfume;
And the day you die is better than the day you are born.

It is better to go to a home where there is mourning than to one where there is a party,
Because the living should always remind themselves that death is waiting for us all.

Sorrow is better than laughter;
It may sadden your face, but it sharpens yours understanding.

Someone who is always thinking about happiness is a fool.
A wise person thinks of death.

It is better to have wise people reprimand you than to have stupid people sing your praises.

When a fool laughs, it is like thorns crackling in a fire.
It doesn't mean a thing,

You may be wise, but if you cheat someone, you are acting like a fool.
It you take a bribe, you ruin your character.

The end of something is better than its beginning.

Patience is better than pride.

Keep your temper under contorl; it is foolish to harbor a grudge.

Wisdom keeps your safe - this is the advantage of knowledge.

When things are going well for you, be glad, and when trouble comes, just remember:
God sends both happiness and trouble; you never know what is going to happen next.

My life has been useless, but in it I have seen everything.
Some good people may die while others live on, even thought they are evil.
So don't be too good or too wise - why kill yourself?
But don't be too wicked or too foolish, either - why die before you have to?
Avoid both extremes.
If you have reverence for God, you will be successful anyway.

There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.

Don't pay attention to everything people say - you may hear your servant insulting you, and you know yourself that you have insulted other people many times.

How can anyone discover what life means? It is too deep for us, too hard to understand.

This is all that I have learned: God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated.