"Man enters the world with closed hands, as if to say, “The world is mine”; he leaves with open hands, as if to say, “I take nothing with me.”" ~~ Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 5:14
"A time to plant and a time to pluck." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:2
"For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under the heavens." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:1
"It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and then not pay." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 5:4
"God seeks out the persecuted." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:15
"A time for war and a time for peace." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:8
"A time to mourn and a time to dance." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:4
"There is nothing new under the sun." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 1:9
"Wisdom is as high above folly as light is above darkness." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 2:13
"Riches are kept by their owner to his own hurt." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 5:12
"Don’t run too far; you will have to return the same distance." ~~ Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 11:9