best quotations about
Chaos |
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Quotations
 | Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 41 likes |
 | The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 11 likes |
 | Order from disorder sprung. — John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet 4 likes |
 | Order generally was a product of human activity. Chaos existed as a raw material from which to create order. — Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer 3 likes |
 | Everything is in utter chaos; this is an excellent situation. — Mao Zedong, 1893-1976, Chinese leader 3 likes |
 | The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. — Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher 2 likes |
 | Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos. — Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher 1 likes |
 | It has been very truly said that the mob has many heads, but no brains. — Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims 1 likes |
 | Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 1 likes |
 | Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized. — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 1 likes |
 | Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order. — Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946 1 likes |
 | Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer 1 likes |
 | Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered. — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] (The Double) 1 likes |
 | I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 1 likes |
 | There is nothing waste, nothing sterile, nothing dead in the universe; no chaos, no confusions, save in appearance. — Gottfried Leibnitz, 1646-1716, German philosopher & mathematician 1 likes |
 | Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost? — Quentin Crisp, 1908-1999, British writer 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | In the beginning there was chaos. Ή τοι μεν πρώτιστα Χάος γένετο. — Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Theogony -116 18 likes |
 | Anarchy is stronger than fire. Αναρχία κρείσσων πυρός. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Hecuba 10 likes |
