Systems One -(to Another) and the Whole

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.
- Faughn Marbles (portent larious)

Up until now people have merely complied with a system of world transformation. Today the task is to make the system comply with the transformation of the world.
-Michel Thorgal (possibly)