Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

Even so, why can’t I do what others have done—ignore the obvious. Live a normal life. It’s hard enough just to do that in this world.

Too many people are apathetic. Not enough people have the courage to do what is right.

discovery rather than invention,

How brave to proclaim a discovery knowing you will have to defend your claims instead of taking the easy road and just claiming you invented something.

All I do is observe and take notes, trying to put things down in ways that are as powerful, as simple, and as direct as I feel them.

We need more observers, and fewer people who feel the need to impose their own views on the world.

I wonder why it’s taken me so long—why there was ever a time when I didn’t understand a thing so obvious and real and true.

Your teachers Are all around you.

Yes! Learn from the world around you, don't put your blinders up and only see what you are taught to see.

The universe is God’s self-portrait.

Consider— We are born Not with purpose, But with potential.