“I remember one morning when I discovered a cocoon in the back of a tree just as a butterfly was making a hole in its case and preparing to come out. I waited awhile, but it was too long appearing and I was impatient. I bent over it and breathed on it to warm it. I warmed it as quickly as I could and the miracle began to happen before my eyes, faster than life. The case opened; the butterfly started slowly crawling out, and I shall never forget my horror when I saw how its wings were folded back and crumpled; the wretched butterfly tried with its whole trembling body to unfold them. Bending over it, I tried to help it with my breath, in vain. It needed to be hatched out patiently and the unfolding of the wings should be a gradual process in the sun. Now it was too late. My breath had forced the butterfly to appear all crumpled, before its time. It struggled desperately and, a few seconds later, died in the palm of my hand. That little body is, I do believe, the greatest weight I have on my conscience. For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm.” – Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek.

“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” – Douglas Adams.

“Past, and to come, seems best; things present, worst.”

William Shakespeare.

I think ergo Lego

“In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought.”
Michael Crichton, Writer.

(I’m not totally sure about this, but it did make me think).

We are condemed to live in the present. We have neither the attention to remember the past nor the capacity to imagine the future.