Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

To make the plough go before the horse.

To make the plough go before the horse.

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their read more

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, read more

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him. Thus
saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die,
and not live.

Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we read more

Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we see,
And where tho' all things differ, all agree.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery read more

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

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.