Saul Bellow Quotes

I love people who try to keep the world in control - because the world is inherently not in control.

Order is power.

Order and system are nobler things than power.

I have rules for everything.

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.

People seem to be looking for discipline in a topsy-turvy world.

My journey has always been the balance between chaos and order.

Now equilibrium is the very opposite of disorder.

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.

Disorder brings about order.

Good order is the foundation of all good things.

In government it is order that matters.

I always wanted to know what I'd face next, even though that was maybe a bit detrimental to spontaneity. Structuring my life and avoiding chaos was more important.

Order, thou eye of action.

Liberty is a product of order.

The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.

Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos.

No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

You know, how much order is good? And when does order become too restrictive? Is a little bit of chaos okay, or is chaos always an evil force? I mean, these are questions that any kid who's ever been in a school cafeteria can relate to.

It's about living in a world with rules, or a world without rules.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

You do come to a point where you can get your life in control a bit.