In my ignorance I knew there was a quote somewhere in the phrase "Order from Chaos" - I had a rather unpleasant feeling it was used by one of my least favourite politicians - Margaret Thatcher, when she became Prime Minister.

Andy Burnham look out ..

It wasn't from Mrs T - she used a prayer wrongly attributed to , apparently, Francis of Assisi:

Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.

For many years the prayer was attributed to St Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), but modern research has established, beyond argument, that it is not his work. In fact he had been dead almost 700 years when it was first printed, anonymously, by a French clerical magazine, La Clochette, in 1912. The real author was probably the magazine's editor, Father Esther Bouquerel. The horrors of the Great War gave the prayer special power and wide appeal; by 1916 it was famous enough to merit reprinting on the front page of the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, a measure of official standing.

BUT - co-pilot it and you get this load...

“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” – Carl Jung

Insightful Quotes on Order and Chaos

“Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.” – Henry Adams emphasizes the natural tension between unpredictability and human desire for structure
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“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein highlights the potential for growth and clarity within disorder
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“Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.” – Henry Miller reflects the creative and foundational role of chaos in shaping life
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“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” – Friedrich Nietzsche suggests that personal creativity and transformation arise from internal disorder
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“Order provides the stabilities that we crave, but chaos creates the opportunities for change that we need.” – Unknown underscores the complementary nature of chaos and order in fostering progress
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“All notions of order are a myth, only order of the universe is chaos. Expand your sight and you'll realize, there is order in every chaos.” – Unknown reminds us that apparent disorder often contains hidden structure
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“We adore chaos because we love to produce order.” – M. C. Escher captures the human drive to create structure from unpredictability
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“Disorder can play a critical role in giving birth to new, higher forms of order.” – Margaret J. Wheatley emphasizes that innovation often emerges from disruption
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Philosophical Perspective

Many thinkers view chaos and order as intertwined forces rather than opposites. The yin-yang principle is often used to illustrate this balance, showing that unpredictability and structure coexist and enable transformation, creativity, and growth
info-welt.com. These quotes collectively suggest that embracing chaos can lead to insight, opportunity, and the creation of new order, both in life and in art.
These reflections can inspire personal growth, creative endeavors, or philosophical contemplation, highlighting that order often emerges from chaos in both the universe and human experience.

I gave up after the Carl Jung bit .

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