Can a man find peace when he knows his society will decline?
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
(Ecclesiastes 1)
Which is not to say that one should not acquire wisdom. Quite the contrary.
On books (I am a bookworm myself, but this is very true):
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
(Ecclesiastes 12)
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
(Ecclesiastes 1)
Which is not to say that one should not acquire wisdom. Quite the contrary.
On books (I am a bookworm myself, but this is very true):
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
(Ecclesiastes 12)