“ In the words of a Zen poem, At dusk the cock announces dawn; At midnight, the bright sun. Fritjof Capra
“ The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Fritjof Capra
“ Quantum theory thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe. It shows that we cannot decompose the world into independently existing smallest units. As we penetrate into matter, nature does not show u… Fritjof Capra
“ A person functioning exclusively in the Cartesian mode may be free from manifest symptoms but cannot be considered mentally healthy. Such individuals typically lead ego-centred, competitive, goal-orie… Fritjof Capra
“ There are solutions to the major problems of our time; some of them even simple. But they require a radical shift in our perceptions, our thinking, our values. And, indeed, we are now at the beginning… Fritjof Capra
“ The paradigm that is now receding has dominated our culture for several hundred years, during which it has shaped our modern Western society and has significantly influenced the rest of the world. Thi… Fritjof Capra
“ This exceptional ability to interconnect observations and ideas from different disciplines lies at the very heart of Leonardo’s approach to learning and research. Fritjof Capra
“ The parallels to modern physics [with mysticism] appear not only in the Vedas of Hinduism, in the I Ching, or in the Buddhist sutras, but also in the fragments of Heraclitus, in the Sufism of Ibn Arab… Fritjof Capra
“ Leonardo did not pursue science and engineering in order to dominate nature, as Francis Bacon would advocate a century later, but always tried to learn as much as possible from nature. He was in awe o… Fritjof Capra
“ In the words of Heisenberg, What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Fritjof Capra
“ The natural world, on the other hand, is one of infinite varieties and complexities, a multidimensional world which contains no straight lines or completely regular shapes, where things do not happen… Fritjof Capra
“ The basic recurring theme in Hindu mythology is the creation of the world by the self-sacrifice of God—sacrifice in the original sense of making sacred—whereby God becomes the world which, in the end,… Fritjof Capra
“ Communication, according to Maturana, is not primarily a transmission of information, but rather a coordination of behavior between living organisms. Fritjof Capra
“ The complexity and efficiency of the physicist’s technical apparatus is matched, if not surpassed, by that of the mystic’s consciousness—both physical and spiritual—in deep meditation. Fritjof Capra
