How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
BUCKMINSTER FULLERWhat usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.
More Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Those who play with the devil’s toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that’s how the universe designs itself.
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Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we’ve been ignorant of their value.
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Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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Each one of us could make the difference.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.
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The most important thing about Spaceship Earth – an instruction book didn’t come with it.
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Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
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Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
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Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.
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