I have great hope for tomorrow. My hope lies in three things-truth, youth, and love.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERThose who play with the devil’s toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Truth is the progressive diminution of residual error.
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We speak erroneously of “artificial” materials, “synthetics”, and so forth. The basis for this erroneous terminology is the notion that Nature has made certain things which we call natural, and everything else is “man-made”, ergo artificial.
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Spaceship Earth was so extraordinarily well invented and designed that to our knowledge humans have been on board it for two million years not even knowing that they were on board a ship.
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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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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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The one common experience of all humanity is the challenge of problems.
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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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If we do more with less, our response will be adequate to take care of everybody.
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Don’t attempt to reform man. An adequately organized environment will permit humanity’s original, innate capabilities to become successful.
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You have to decide whether you want to make money or make sense, because the two are mutually exclusive.
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Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?
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A problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved.
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Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment…. Humanity is in ‘final exam’ as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe.
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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.
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The question of integrity will get finer and finer and more delicate and more beautiful.
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