He told us that nations of men fell into disorder, so nations of law were set up instead. He told us that nations of law then forgot justice and let the law become a Game, a Game in which the moves and the winning were more important than truth. He told us to seek justice rather than the Game.
Sheri S. TepperTags: truth society justice law government games order
If the library in the morning suggests an echo of the severe and reasonable wishful order of the world, the library at night seems to rejoice in the world's essential, joyful muddle.
Alberto ManguelTags: libraries world library order
During the day, the library is a realm of order.
Alberto ManguelAn Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
George MikesTags: order queuing the-english
In einer Welt, die unübersichtlich geworden ist, wächst das Bedürfnis nach der Geordnetheit des Krippleins.
Heribert PrantlWe cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.
Hunter S. ThompsonTags: law respect expectation order
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
Frank HerbertTags: reality understanding muad-dib order princess-irulan
From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.
Tony HillermanTags: rain weather patterns order randomness officer-jim-chee
For what are myths if not the imposing of order on phenomena that do not possess order in themselves? And all myths, however they differ from philosophical systems and scientific theories, share this with them, that they negate the principle of randomness in the world.
Stanisław LemTags: myth order randomness
All established order forms a line of resistance against the threat of rupture and places its meager forces at the service of continuity. That everything should continue as usual is the bourgeois standard of a reality that is indeed bourgeois precisely because it is a standard.
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