The elements of life are dynamic patterns of mass and energy, events rather than objects.

- Fritjof Capra

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialization of the rational mind, is now making contact with mysticism, the essence …

- 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. …

- Fritjof Capra

The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loop…

- Fritjof Capra

Shallow ecology is anthropocentric, or human-centred. It views humans as above or outside nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instr…

- Fritjof Capra

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 th…

- Fritjof Capra

Our Western science, ever since the 17th century, has been obsessed with the notion of control, of man dominating nature. This obsession has led to d…

- Fritjof Capra

In ordinary life, we are not aware of the unity of all things, but divide the world into separate objects and events. This division is useful and nec…

- Fritjof Capra

Whenever we look at life, we look at networks.

- Fritjof Capra