Famous quotes containing the words ecclesiastes 11:9, hebrew and/or ecclesiastes:
“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 11:9.
“The uppermost idea with Hellenism is to see things as they really are; the uppermost ideas with Hebraism is conduct and obedience. Nothing can do away with this ineffaceable difference. The Greek quarrel with the body and its desires is, that they hinder right thinking; the Hebrew quarrel with them is, that they hinder right acting.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of
peace.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. III, 8)