There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead. It is hard to adapt to chaos, but it can be done. I am living proof of that: It can be done.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The world lacks order, so survival requires adapting to chaos, which Vonnegut proves is possible.
- In plain terms
- The world is chaotic so we must adapt to it to survive.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept chaos and adapt to survive and thrive.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you adapt to chaos?
- Can order be created?
Another view
Some structures of order do exist and help stability.
More from Kurt Vonnegut
Our awareness is all that is alive and maybe sacred in any of us. Everything else about us is dead machinery.
Permalink to quote #94 Here was what Kilgore Trout cried out to me in my father's voice: 'Make me young, make me young, make me young!'
Permalink to quote #96 Hey - guess what: You're the only creature with free will. How does that make you feel?
Permalink to quote #93
Related quotes
We live in a beautiful and orderly world, not in a chaos without norms, as we sometimes seem to.
M. C. EscherM. C. Escher quote #1 Death, go somewhere, get lost! I'm not done as yet - Joy still flows from the amphora of colors into my cupped hands.
Ghani KhanGhani Khan quote #3 I am so often accused of gloominess and melancholy. And I think I'm probably the most cheerful man around. I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think …
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen quote #7