Chaos Quotes - Page 37

• When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace in the family, filial piety begins. When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born.

  Laozi

  Country, Fall, Body

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• Illegal immigration is praised only by those who benefit directly from it, whether in the familial sense of inexpensive nannies, cooks, or gardeners; or in the corporate interest of cheap labor in the hospitality industries, agriculture, and construction; or in the political sense of new liberal constituents; or in the tribal sense of expanding the so-called La Raza base. But the vast majority of Americans accept that when federal law is ignored, chaos ensues.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Law, Agriculture, Political

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• There is chaos behind the civility, of course.

  Edward Albee

  Clarity, Civility, Behinds

  Edward Albee (2004). “The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?: Broadway Edition”, p.64, The Overlook Press

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• The contributions that one makes in typography, design, and art in general cannot be, and must not be measured on how much money is involved. That would lead to total chaos. The word itself (contribution) is to give to a common purpose.

  Ed Benguiat

  Art, Common Purpose, Giving

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• It's time to "stop being ambivalent." ... They (groups like the Islamic State) have no ideology beyond violence and chaos and the slaughter of innocent people.

  Barack Obama

  Islamic, People, Groups

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• All human life has its seasons and cycles, and no one's personal chaos can be permanent. Winter, after all, gives way to spring and summer, though sometimes when branches stay dark and the earth cracks with ice, one thinks they will never come, that spring, and that summer, but they do, and always.

  Truman Capote

  Summer, Spring, Dark

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• Anarchy: It is NOT bombs, disorder or chaos. It is NOT robbery and murder. It is NOT a war of each against all. It is NOT a return to barbarism or to the wild state of man. Anarchism is the very opposite of all that.

  Alexander Berkman

  War, Men, Opposites

  Alexander Berkman, Jewish Anarchist Federation (1929). “Now and after: the A B C of communist anarchism”

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• Once, hurrying through a busy airport to get to my gate on time for a connecting flight, I came upon a lady in a wheelchair. Amidst the chaos of the hundreds of people rushing around us, my eyes met hers. The sweetest smile appeared on her face. I smiled back, but I knew she would never fully realize how that small gesture had filled my soul. I believe that God is in our everyday. Many moments occur in our lives which reveal his face, his touch, his voice. Look for him today. He will be found.

  Kathy Troccoli

  God, Believe, Eye

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• No matter how solid or structured or set you think you are, there is, you know, a very thin line keeping us all from sort of chaos, in some perspective. And you know, I don't view that really as a negative thing at all, but it just is the truth.

  Andrew McMahon

  Thinking, Views, Perspective

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• Happy is the person who can keep a quiet heart, in the chaos and tumult of this modern world.

  Patience Strong

  Heart, Relax, World

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• The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time

  Robert Zoellick

  World, Harvest, Poor

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• The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. Artistic productivity is the capacity for being voluntarily involuntary.

  Theodor Adorno

  Art, Order, Tasks

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.222, Verso

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• The things that really change the world, according to Chaos theory, are the tiny things. A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian jungle, and subsequently a storm ravages half of Europe.

  Neil Gaiman

  Butterfly, Europe, Wings

  "Good Omens". Book by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, 1990.

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• Imagine a temple inside your mind, a haven from the chaos of the world. Visit often.

  Marianne Williamson

  Mind, World, Temples

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Jul 10, 2011

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• Change without continuity is chaos. Continuity without change is sloth-and very risky.

  Max De Pree

  Change, Sloth, Continuity

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• A little touch of chaos and danger makes a city sexy.

  David Byrne

  Sexy, Cities, Littles

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• Art is order, made out of the chaos of life.

  Saul Bellow

  Art, Order, Made

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• Chaos is the soul of creation. It plows the ground of intuition. Without chaos, nothing will grow.

  Michele Cassou

  Soul, Intuition, Creation

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• One of the attributes of love . . . is to bring harmony and order out of chaos.

  Molly Haskell

  Love Is, Order, Harmony

  Molly Haskell (2016). “From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, Third Edition”, p.27, University of Chicago Press

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• Until we see love as the meaning of life, life seems to have no meaning at all. The sense of meaninglessness produces chaos, and the chaos produces fear. There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.

  Marianne Williamson

  Meaning Of Life, Way, Moments

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from May 26, 2013

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• It's only natural for unbridled partisanship, unrestrained by allegiance to a greater cause, to lead to chaos.

  George Washington

  Causes, Natural, Allegiance

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• What a gift of grace to be able to take the chaos from within and from it create some semblance of order.

  Katherine Paterson

  Order, Grace, Able

  Katherine Paterson (1981). “Gates of excellence: on reading and writing books for children”, Dutton Juvenile

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• Everyday life surrounds us in a swirling chaos, and it's easy to fall into the grip of our ego's fears and confusion. Remind yourself each day of your intentions and spiritual purpose. Meditate, find your center, look closely at yourself, and don't let go of your intention until it feels centered inside yourself.

  Deepak Chopra

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Fall

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• Music is structure out of Chaos

  Stephen Sondheim

  Structure, Music Is

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• The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is 'left' and what is 'right'? Why should Hitler be 'right' and Stalin, his temporary friend, be 'left'? Who is 'reactionary' and who is 'progressive'? Reaction against an unwise policy is not to be condemned. And progress towards chaos is not to be commended.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Stupid, Political Language, Progress

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