King Solomon was to the best of our knowledge (apart from Moshiach) the wisest of all men- he wrote three amazingly amazingly amazingly wise books – the last one he wrote Kohelles effectively has three points, in this order
By zevi770 · November 5, 2013
1. everything people pursue is utter nonsense – if both dogs, insects and man die, so what use is there in attaining wealth that will dissipate, honor that will dissipate, certainly pleasures dissipate (as soon as you have them)
2. For everything in life there is a time:
Everything has an appointed season, and there is a time for every matter under the heaven. א. לַכֹּל זְמָן וְעֵת לְכָל חֵפֶץ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם:
2. A time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot that which is planted. ב. עֵת לָלֶדֶת וְעֵת לָמוּת עֵת לָטַעַת וְעֵת לַעֲקוֹר נָטוּעַ:
3. A time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break and a time to build. ג. עֵת לַהֲרוֹג וְעֵת לִרְפּוֹא עֵת לִפְרוֹץ וְעֵת לִבְנוֹת:
4. A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time of wailing and a time of dancing. ד. עֵת לִבְכּוֹת וְעֵת לִשְׂחוֹק עֵת סְפוֹד וְעֵת רְקוֹד:
5. A time to cast stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. ה. עֵת לְהַשְׁלִיךְ אֲבָנִים וְעֵת כְּנוֹס אֲבָנִים עֵת לַחֲבוֹק וְעֵת לִרְחֹק מֵחַבֵּק:
6. A time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to cast away. ו. עֵת לְבַקֵּשׁ וְעֵת לְאַבֵּד עֵת לִשְׁמוֹר וְעֵת לְהַשְׁלִיךְ:
7. A time to rend and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak. ז. עֵת לִקְרוֹעַ וְעֵת לִתְפּוֹר עֵת לַחֲשׁוֹת וְעֵת לְדַבֵּר:
8. A time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
3. and this is the wisest man’s summary of life “In the end of the day our sole purpose on earth, is to respect God’s wishes!”