All Fritjof Capra Quotes
- The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic… Able
- The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialization of the rational mind, is now making contact with mysticism, the essence of religion… Beautifully
- 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… Both
- The influence of modern physics goes beyond technology. It extends to the realm of thought and culture where it has led to a deep revision… Beyond
- The more we study the major problems of our time, the more we come to realise that they cannot be understood in isolation. They are… Humanity
- When carbon (C), Oxygen (o) and hydrogen (H) atoms bond in a certain way to form sugar, the resulting compound has a sweet taste. The… Activity
- The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Emergence results in… Amplified
- 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,… Absurd
- If physics leads us today to a world view which is essentially mystical, it returns, in a way, to its beginning, 2,500 years ago. ...… Ago
- Subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement. Entities
- Both the physicist and the mystic want to communicate their knowledge, and when they do so with words their statements are paradoxical and full of… Both
- A diverse ecosystem will also be resilient, because it contains many species with overlapping ecological functions that can partially replace one another. When a particular… Able
- The mystic and the physicist arrive at the same conclusion; one starting from the inner realm, the other from the outer world. The harmony between… Ancient
- In Hinduism, Shiva the Cosmic Dancer, is perhaps the most perfect personification of the dynamic universe. Through his dance, Shiva sustains the manifold phenomena in… All
- In the end, the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know how to cooperate and get along. Life is much less a… Aggressors
- During periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so… Activity
- The basic pattern of life is a network. Whenever you see life, you see networks. The whole planet, what we can term 'Gaia' is a… Basic
- Genuine mental health would involve a balanced interplay of both modes of experience, a way of life in which one's identification with the ego is… Absolute
- Mystics understand the roots of the Tao but not its branches; scientists understand its branches but not its roots. Science does not need mysticism and… Both
- Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science but man needs both. Both
- Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the… Advanced
- Modern physics had shown that the rhythm of creation and destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and in the birth… Birth
- At the deepest level of ecological awareness you are talking about spiritual awareness. Spiritual awareness is an understanding of being imbedded in a larger whole,… Awareness
- Shallow ecology is anthropocentric, or human-centred. It views humans as above or outside nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or… All
- Gradually, physicists began to realise that nature, at the atomic level, does not appear as a mechanical universe composed of fundamental building blocks, but rather… All