Some words of wisdom

‘‘Not all those who wander are lost.’
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)[1]
‘The most difficult thing in life is to know thyself.’
Thales (624 BCE-546 BCE)[2]
‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’
Socrates (469BCE-399 BCE)[3]
‘If I am not for myself, who will be? If I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, when?’
Rabbi Hillel (110 BCE – 10 CE)[4]
‘It is not your duty to finish the work, but you are not at liberty to neglect it.’
Rabbi Tarfon (70?-135CE?)[5]
Unexpected invitations are dancing lessons from the Divine.
G. M. Jaron (1954 CE-)


[1] (Tolkien 1954, 1955, 170) The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, Chapter 10.

[2] (Breverton 2009, 9) Attributed by Diogenes Laertius, (circa 200 BCE) in his Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers to the philosopher Thales ,(635/620-546/543 BCE)

[3] Plato, Apology, 38a

[4] Rabbi Hillel, Pirke Avoth, 1:14. (Goldin 1955, 69)

[5] Rabbi Tarfon, Pirke Avoth, 2:16. (Goldin 1955, 116)