Here are four powerful quotes from well-known spiritual leaders and thinkers about the Book of Ecclesiastes.

Donald Miller (Christian author & speaker)

“It’s interesting that in the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is to find a job you like, enjoy your marriage, and obey God. It’s as though God is saying, Write a good story, take somebody with you, and let me help.”

Mark Driscoll (Pastor & author)

“Even a cursory reading of the book of Ecclesiastes shows that culture is a stationary bike that each generation climbs on in hopes of getting somewhere only to die and fall off so that the new young stud can take his turn peddling… We would be wise to see postmodernity as simply the new guy on the old bike and not mistake cultural change for kingdom progress.”

Philip Yancey (Christian thinker & bestselling author)

“As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair.”

Paulo Coelho (International spiritual writer)

“A time to be born, and a time to die… a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.”