Ecclesiastes  🔗 **Source:** [Ecclesiastes]() ## Highlights - “Brace yourself for the inevitable, but while there is still time follow the deepest inclinations of your heart and revel in the glory of the ordinary. But be careful what you seek,” ([Location 607](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005KMDWVM&location=607)) - Tags: aqua - Social revolutions and alleged paradigm shifts are simply natural, mundane revolutions destined to be repeated time and again, but ultimately going nowhere. No progress is forthcoming: no upward and onward movement is attainable, regardless of how much energy is expended. Whatever one does, it makes no difference. ([Location 794](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005KMDWVM&location=794)) - Tags: aqua - the language and style of Qoheleth’s self-introduction are drawn from ancient Near Eastern royal inscriptions, which typically boast of the king’s accomplishments both at home and on the battlefield, the stuff of royal propaganda. But as the consummate royal sage, Qoheleth shows that he is not in the business of boasting. By adopting such language, Qoheleth in fact subverts it ([Location 819](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005KMDWVM&location=819)) - Tags: aqua - A life obsessed with righteousness, in fact, blinds a person from his or her own sinfulness. ([Location 1931](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005KMDWVM&location=1931)) - Tags: aqua - Righteousness that leads to self-righteousness is a delusion, for no one can claim a sinless existence, Qoheleth contends (7:20; cf. Matt. 7:3–5). ([Location 1931](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005KMDWVM&location=1931)) - Tags: aqua