Octavia E. Butler Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. Beware:Ignorance Protects itself.IgnorancePromotes suspicion.SuspicionEngenders fear.Fear quails,Irrational and blind,Or fear looms,Defiant and closed.Blind, closed,Suspicious, afraid,IgnoranceProtects itself,And protected,Ignorance grows. Parable of the Talents

2. Earthseed Cast on new ground Must first perceive That it knows nothing. Parable of the Sower

3. Let them see that you trust them & let them solve their own problems, make their own decisions.Do that & they will commit their lives to you. Bully the, control them out of fear or malice or just for your own convenience, & after a while you'll have to spend all your time thinking for them, controlling them, & stifling their resentment. Fledgling

4. There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.

5. To survive,Let the pastTeach you--Past customs,Struggles,Leaders and thinkers.LetTheseHelp you.Let them inspire you,Warn you,Give you strength.But beware:God is Change.Past is past.What wasCannotCome again.To survive,know the past.Let it touch you.Then letThe pastGo. Parable of the Talents