Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Ecclesiastes
Perusing a Korean church website, ran across this quote.
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내 가 또 본즉 사람이 모든 수고와 여러 가지 교묘한 일로 인하여 이웃에게 시기를 받으니 이것도 헛되어 바람을 잡으려는 것이로다 우매자는 손을 거두고 자기 살을 먹느니라 한 손에만 가득하고 평온함이 두 손에 가득하고 수고하며 바람을 잡으려는 것보다 나으니라 (전도서 4:4-6)
And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. The fool folds his hands and ruins himself. Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. (Ecclesiastes 4:4-6, NIV)
Wisdom proved by 5000 years of experience, and Americans still refuse to catch on.
Sidenote: Bach had something to say about this. ¶ 9:43 AM
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내 가 또 본즉 사람이 모든 수고와 여러 가지 교묘한 일로 인하여 이웃에게 시기를 받으니 이것도 헛되어 바람을 잡으려는 것이로다 우매자는 손을 거두고 자기 살을 먹느니라 한 손에만 가득하고 평온함이 두 손에 가득하고 수고하며 바람을 잡으려는 것보다 나으니라 (전도서 4:4-6)
And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. The fool folds his hands and ruins himself. Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. (Ecclesiastes 4:4-6, NIV)
Wisdom proved by 5000 years of experience, and Americans still refuse to catch on.
Sidenote: Bach had something to say about this. ¶ 9:43 AM
