"[A story - with a message about seeing potential, where others don't.] The Master! - A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. 'People say you are a genius,' he asked. 'Are you?' 'You might say so,' said the Master, none too modestly. 'And what makes one a genius?' The ability to recognize.' 'Recognize what?' 'To recognize the butterfly in a caterpillar"

Author: Anthony de Mello, SJ

Notes: (1931 1987), Anthony 'Tony' de Mello was an Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist.