We are going to have to find ways of organizing ourselves cooperatively,sanely, scientifically, harmonically and in regenerative spontaneity with the rest of humanity around the earth….
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERA problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.
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Observation of my life to date shows that the larger the number for whom I work, the more positively effective I become. Thus, it is obvious that if I work always and only for all humanity, I will be optimally effective.
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We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control.
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A problem adequately stated is a problem solved theoretically and immediately, and therefore subsequently to be solved, realistically.
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The highest of generalizations is the synergetic integration of truth and love.
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Nature is all that we think we know plus all that we don’t know whether or not we know that we don’t know it.
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When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.
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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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The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have.
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We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.
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I am convinced that creativity is a priori to the integrity of the universe and that life is regenerative and conformity meaningless.
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We were deliberately designed to learn only by trial and error. We’re brought up, unfortunately, to think that nobody should make mistakes.
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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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I say that radiation is inherently disintegrative: it comes apart. Gravity is inherently integrative: it pulls together. And to me, there’s a good possibility that love is what I’d call metaphysical gravity. It really holds everything together.
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There is enough for everyone. People think that there isn’t enough, so they get as much as they can, so many people don’t have enough.
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