Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERThe word synergy comes from the Greek sin-ergo, meaning, to work together. It describes a mutually supportive atmosphere of trust, where each individual element works towards its own goals, and where the goals may be quite varied.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Life is the spirit incarnate in time.
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The Things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done.
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You can’t better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically applied.
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Ninety-nine percent of humanity does not know that we have the option to “make it” economically on this planet and in the Universe. We do.
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To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.
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… reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.
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If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do… HOW WOULD I BE? WHAT WOULD I DO?
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It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a ‘higher standard of living than any have ever known.’ It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival.
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Never show unfinished work.
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I set about fifty-five years ago (1927) to see what a penniless, unknown human individual with a dependent wife and newborn child might be able to do effectively on behalf of all humanity
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And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.
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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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Love is omni-inclusive, progressively exquisite, understanding and compassionately attuned to other than self.
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When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem.
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Specialization breeds biases that ultimately aggregate as international and ideological discord, which, in turn, leads to war.
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