Statement in the 1920s as quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymari
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.”
“When a caterpillar changes into a butterfly it loses it's caterpillar life.”
Source: Night World, No. 1
“We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.”
Source: The Dead of Night
“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
“The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.”
“The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.”
Genius
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Context: A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master.
"People say you are a genius. Are you?" he asked.
"You might say so." said the Master, none too modestly.
"And what makes one a genius?" "The ability to recognize." "Recognize what?"
"The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being."
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
