Skip to content

Whenever the essential nature of things is analysed by the intellect, it must seem absurd or paradoxical. This has always been recognized by the mystics, but has become a problem in science only very recently.

— Fritjof Capra The Tao of Physics (1975)

Another quote →

More quotes by Fritjof Capra

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)

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

All Fritjof Capra quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Fritjof Capra (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.