Joseph Conrad Quotes

What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.

My filing system is messy but orderly.

making order out of disorder any time, anywhere, can be regarded as a sacrament.

I am unpacking my library. Yes I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild boredom of order.

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

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Now equilibrium is the very opposite of disorder.

There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

Order doesn't come by itself.

There is no instant step from disorder to order.

The 21st century does not like tidy minds.

I can't stand things being out of place.

I don't like to see mess.

Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.

What you call disorder is nothing else than one of the laws of the order you comprehend not and which you have erroneously named disorder because its effects, though good for Nature, run counter to your convenience or jar your opinions.

Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity.

...chaos doesn't run the whole show.

It isn't that I don't like sweet disorder, but it has to be judiciously arranged.

I am just relating to the world we live in. I see some order in it, even though it looks like mush.

Nothing is orderly till man takes hold of it. Everything in creation lies around loose.