Natural Order – Quotes

When one is a

When one is a child, the disposition of objects, tables and chairs and doors, seems part of the natural order: a house-move lets in chaos – as it does for a dog. Elizabeth Bowen

[A] science fiction story is one which presupposes a technology, or an effect of technology, or a disturbance in the natural order, such as humanity, up to the time of writing, has not in actual fact, experienced. Edmund Crispin

Much of human progress

Much of human progress has been in defiance of religion or of the apparent natural order. The defiance of religious and secular authority has led to democracy, human rights, and the protection of the environment. Humanists make no apologies for this. Humanists twist no biblical doctrine to justify such actions. Fred Edwords

Anything invented after you’re

Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things Douglas Adams

Five Life Standards of

Five Life Standards of Voluntary Simplicity Do Justice Learn from the World Community Nurture People Cherish the Natural Order Non-Conform Freely. Doris Janzen Longacre

Relaxation means releasing all

Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one’s being. Donald Curtis

We don’t have to

We don’t have to remain in this radically destructive mind-set and institutional-set. We can change, and the natural order of things could emerge in all of our societal organizations-government, commerce, religion-it’s right there, waiting to happen. I often tell people that every mind is like a room in an old house, stuffed with very old … Read more

My work since the

My work since the late ’80s specifically questioned what was presented as the natural order of things in the history of post war NY painting. Deborah Kass

Many upscale American parents

Many upscale American parents somehow think jobs like their own are part of the nation’s natural order. They are not. In Europe, they have already discovered that, and many there have accepted the new small-growth, small-jobs reality. Will we? Daniel Henninger

The Great Change is

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer Dan Simmons