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"be the change you want to see in the world" - Gandhi "If not you, then who?" - Hillel, first- century Jewish scholar "would you like some cheese with that wh
by chrisjarvis 6y ago
"be the change you want to see in the world" - Gandhi
"If not you, then who?" - Hillel, first- century Jewish scholar
"would you like some cheese with that whine?" - my mom
- srean 6y agoPlease, its Gandhi. No ill will intended, its a common mistake.
- chrisjarvis 6y agonoted, thanks.
- names_are_hard 6y agoNitpicking the Hillel quote, the message is correct but to prevent misinformation spreading on the web I feel like correcting. Hillel is quoted in the Mishna[0] as saying, "If I am not for me, who is for me? If I am for myself, what am I? If not now, when?"[1] If Hillel said "if not you, then who?" I have not found a source, but I believe this is a common interpretation of his first sentence. Then again, maybe he was talking about self care and not taking responsibility. I don't know. [0] Avoth 1.14 [1] Translation by me, the wording is terse and open to interpretation so I tried to be faithful to the text and not inject my own interpretation
- chrisjarvis 6y agoI have no idea thanks for the extra information! it’s a quote I’ve always liked. When I googled who said it Hillel came up.
- names_are_hard 6y agoYeah the internet is awesome at mangling and misattributing quotes. The fact that the original is easily found online doesn't help because it's in a foreign language. Fortunately it's pretty rudimentary Hebrew and it doesn't take an expert to understand, just someone who can read the language. Hillel's saying immediately preceding this one is in Aramaic...good luck dropping that in Google Translate :)