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As order is heavenly, where quiet is had,
So error is hell, or a mischief as bad.
As order is heavenly, where quiet is had,
So error is hell, or a mischief as bad.
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second read more
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second bidding darkness fled,
Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.
Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.
Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.
For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and read more
For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder,
The sun obeys them, and the moon.
To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in read more
To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to
put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and
to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts
right.
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?
It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant read more
It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]
The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by read more
The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, read more
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.
