We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
BUCKMINSTER FULLERNow there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
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Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
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Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
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The most important thing about Spaceship Earth – an instruction book didn’t come with it.
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You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
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Don’t fight forces, use them.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
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Vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.
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Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes.
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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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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.
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Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
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Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees.
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Tension is the great integrity.
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