We define organic order as the kind of order that is achieved when there is a perfect balance between the needs of the parts, and the needs of the whole. — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
The Chinese word Li may therefore be understood as organic order, as distinct from mechanical or legal order, both of which go by the book. Li is the asymmetrical, nonrepetitive, and unregimented order which we find in the patterns of… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image