“Wherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that without such structuring of complex systems into sub-assemblies, there could be no order and stability- except the order of a dead universe filled with a uniformly distributed gas.” ReasonOrderUniverseSimpleSocietyFilledComplexesGasStabilityStableAssemblyOrderlyComplex Systems Author:Arthur Koestler
“. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.” KnowsMindOrderUniverseHighestFunctionRegardOrderly Author:Baruch Spinoza
“From the very fact the universe is on the whole orderly, in a manner comprehensible to our intellect, is evidence that we and it were fashioned by a common intelligence.” WholeFactsUniverseCommonEvidenceScaryIntellectOrderly Author:Philip Johnson
“Even when it was easy, music's patterning shaped the emotions . . . Music proclaimed an orderly universe, promised a better place.” UniverseEasyEmotionBetter PlaceOrderly Author:Ellen Hunnicutt