Daniel Paul Gilbert > Quotes

“You are luckier to be wisely rebuked than forced to hear the songs of fools,”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Koheleth | Poetic Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

“the more you come to know the deeper anxiety sets its roots.”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Koheleth | Poetic Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

“Chapter 2       The Value of Wisdom     If you keep hear my words and treasure my commandments, opening your heart;   If you seek insight, and yearn for understanding, search for it like gold,   you will understand, the reverence of Yahweh. Knowledge dwells in God.   1-5       Yahweh speaks wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Stored up for the pure.   He shields the honest and guards paths walked in justice. He looks over them.   6-8       You'll be good and just and walk in paths of fairness. Knowledge pleases souls   9-10”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, The Book of Proverbs in Haiku

“the dawn of life is a wisp of smoke and”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Koheleth | Poetic Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

“The wise hearted know the best time to act, they see the correct way towards justice.”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Koheleth | Poetic Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

“we know we are more than animals. Because if we aren't, what is left for us? If in humanity we act worse than beasts,”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Koheleth | Poetic Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

“My greatness eclipsed that of others and still I kept hold of my wisdom.”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Koheleth | Poetic Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

“there is one thing that benefits the land. When there is a king who is righteous, who is committed to those who toil the earth and ensures that there will be plentiful fields.”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Koheleth | Poetic Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

“Every drop of water ends in the ocean but the seas are never satiated”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Koheleth | Poetic Interpretations of Ecclesiastes

“fly like a bird to the mountains?”
― Daniel Paul Gilbert, Praying The Psalms As Poems