Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

PRODIGY IS, AT ITS essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you.

Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn’t always safe, but it’s often necessary.

As wind, As water, As fire, As life, God Is both creative and destructive,

Demanding and yielding, Sculptor and clay. God is Infinite Potential: God is Change.