“Each move is dictated by the previous one--that is the meaning of order”

“We see in order to move; we move in order to see.”

William Gibson (1948) American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and founder of the cyberpunk subgenre

“Men are not really born either hopelessly idle, or preternaturally industrious. They may move in one direction or the other as will or circumstances dictate, but it is open to any man to work.”

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964) Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer

“I am convinced that in order to move forward, we must say openly to each other the things we hold in our hearts, and that too often are said only behind closed doors. There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

“Every human being… the way they move in live, how they act, is completely dictated by what they value.”

Adyashanti (1962) Spiritual teacher

“A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.”

George Eliot book Middlemarch

“Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.”

Kenneth N. Waltz book Man, the State, and War

“In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica