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.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERI am convinced that creativity is a priori to the integrity of the universe and that life is regenerative and conformity meaningless.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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The earth is like a spaceship that didn’t come with an operating manual.
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Pollution is merely a resource that isn’t being used properly.
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If humans are not required to earn a living to be provided survival needs, many are going to want very much to be productive, but not at those tasks they did not choose to do but were forced to accept in order to earn money.
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The more we learn the more we realize how little we know.
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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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We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren’t true. It’s always better with the truth.
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There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you’re doing well.
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You don’t belong to you. You belong to the Universe and you’re here to serve.
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For man to go from less than 1% haves to 40%, living at high standard – despite decreasing resources – cannot be explained by anything other than by doing more than less.
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He will retain much more in his everyday life of what we term the naïveté and idealism of the child. I think the way to see what tomorrow is going to look like is just to look at our children.
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Each one of us has something to contribute. This really depends on each one doing their own thinking, but not following any kind of rule.
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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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Real wealth is ideas plus energy.
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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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Those who play with the devil’s toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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