# Quote — Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics

> 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.

- Author: [Fritjof Capra](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fritjof-capra.md)
- Book: [The Tao of Physics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fritjof-capra/the-tao-of-physics.md)
- Page: 50
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/fritjof-capra/the-tao-of-physics/whenever-the-essential

## More from this book

> 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 mysticism does not need science; but man needs both.

p. 306 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fritjof-capra/the-tao-of-physics/mystics-understand-the.md)

> 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 logical contradictions.

p. 46 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fritjof-capra/the-tao-of-physics/both-the-physicist.md)

> 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 in man's conception of the universe and his relation to it.

p. 17 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fritjof-capra/the-tao-of-physics/the-influence-of-modern.md)