You must shatter the vase to spread its perfume, and smite the rock to get the spark.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Significant results often require breaking through resistance or enduring hardship.
- In plain terms
- Break things to get value like perfume or spark.
- What can you take from it?
- Breakthroughs often require breaking through barriers.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What must be broken to create something new?
- Is destruction always necessary for creation?
Another view
Not all breaking leads to positive results; destruction can be pointless.
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