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Economics emphasizes competition, expansion, and domination; ecology emphasizes cooperation, conservation, and partnership.

— Fritjof Capra

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A diverse community is a resilient community, capable of adapting to changing situations.

Partnership—the tendency to associate, establish links, live inside one another, and cooperate—is one of the hallmarks of life.

There is no self-awareness in ecosystems, no language, no consciousness, and no culture; and therefore no justice and democracy; but also no greed or dishonesty.

A page from a journal of modern experimental physics will be as mysterious to the uninitiated as a Tibetan mandala. Both are records of enquiries into the nature of the universe.

The Tao of Physics (1975)

Organizations need to undergo fundamental changes, both in order to adapt to the new business environment and to become ecologically sustainable.

The Hidden Connections (2002)

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