And we take away from all the industrial countries all their ideologies and all the politicians and political machine workers, people would keep right on eating. Possibly getting on a little better than before.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERTake the initiative. Go to work, and above all co-operate and don’t hold back on one another or try to gain at the expense of another. Any success in such lopsidedness will be increasingly short-lived.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Pollution is nothing but resources we’re not harvesting.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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Havenotness is caused by society’s failure to design and produce the right tools and goods. Money alone is not the panacea.
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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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Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe everybody, and give every human on Earth a chance.
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Wealth is a measure of a person’s ability to survive so many days forward.
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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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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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Television is the third parent.
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Don’t try to make me consistent. I am learning all the time.
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The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have.
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Whether humanity is to comprehensively prosper…depends entirely on the integrity of the human individuals and not on the political and economic systems. The cosmic question has been asked: are humans worthwhile to universe invention?
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Universe is plural at minimum sixfold.
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The dark ages still reign over all humanity, and the depth and persistence of this domination are only now becoming clear. This Dark Ages prison has no steel bars, chains, or locks. Instead, it is locked by misorientation and built of misinformation.
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If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.
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