[extropy-chat] You must be willing to give up everything

[Damien Broderick]

> >  You must be willing to give up everything you are for what you 
> might become [1].
>
>Excellent statement!  Before I add this to my quote file with 
>attribution to Robert, can anyone tell me of the existence of a more 
>original source of this powerful insight?
>- Jef

Erm... John 12:24 ?

"Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the 
earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears 
much fruit."

Not *quite* the same, and rather primitive botany, but still.

Damien Broderick