Tao Te Ching

“God makes us grubs, and we, by our own efforts, must become butterflies... He sent us the silkworm to point out our way... the grub's yearning to become butterfly always stood at its—and man's—most imperative and at the same time most legitimate duty.”

— Nikos Kazantzakis 1883 – 1957 CE via P. A. Bien
from Report to Greco