Sometimes, you destroy something to understand it.
Think about dissecting frogs in school, if you did that. You’re taking something apart, destroying it. But it’s a physical thing, an object – the understanding it grants you is far greater. Objects only have the value we imbue in them, and our greatest value is knowledge.
So take apart that old toaster or whatever. Don’t cling to a thing so much that it stands in the way of enlightenment.
The Opportunity Machine 