Quotes on Order

Freemasonry is a moral order, instituted by virtuous men, with the praiseworthy design of recalling to our remembrance the most sublime truths, in the midst of the most innocent and social pleasures, founded on liberality, brotherly love and charity.

If in the least particular, one could derange the order of nature, who would accept the gift of life?

In order to be not bound by the tether of time, we must have a relationship with the timeless.

The authour who imitates his predecessors only by furnishing himself with thoughts and elegances out of the same general magazine of literature, can with little more propriety be reproached as a plagiary, than the architect can be censured as a mean copier of Angelo or Wren, because he digs his marble out of the same quarry, squares his stones by the same art, and unites them in columns of the same orders.

One must withdraw for a time from life in order to set down that picture.

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.

Christ is born to us today, in order that he may appear to the whole world through us.

Take responsibility for your finances or get used to taking orders for the rest of your life. You're either a master of money or a slave to it. Your choice.

God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them.

The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others.

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

Sometimes in order to be happy in the present moment you have to be willing to give up all hope for a better past.

Never believe that the so-called random events of life are anything less than God’s appointed order. Be ready to discover His divine designs anywhere and everywhere.

I do not believe that a world without evil, preferable in order to ours, is possible; otherwise it would have been preferred. It is necessary to believe that the mixture of evil has produced the greatest possible good: otherwise the evil would not have been permitted. The combination of all the tendencies to the good has produced the best; but as there are goods that are incompatible together, this combination and this result can introduce the destruction of some good, and as a result some evil.

How is it possible for one’s heart to be certain that one is going to meet Allah, that Allah sees and hears all that he does, and knows his secret open affairs, and that he will be made to stand before Allah, answerable for all his deeds - how can one be certain and aware of all of this, and yet persist upon things which displease Allah; persist upon abandoning Allah’s orders, neglecting His rights, and yet claim that he has good expectation of Allah?

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only ONE thing: you can become better yourself.

We have art in order not to die of life.

And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.

Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

You don't need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns. But if you aren't, you must recognize your limitations and follow a course certain to work reasonably well. Keep things simple and don't swing for the fences.