The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERIf we design the environment properly It will permit both child and adult to develop safely And to behave logically.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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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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Those who play with the devil’s toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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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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Pollution is merely a resource that isn’t being used properly.
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I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe; I am confident I couldnt have done anywhere near such a good job.
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The most important part about tomorrow is not the technology or the automation, but that man is going to come into entirely new relationships with his fellow men.
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The earth is like a spaceship that didn’t come with an operating manual.
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Only ten years ago the ‘more with less’ technology reached the point where this could be done. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful.
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Mind is the antithesis of reflex, and only mind could discover mind
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The individual can take initiatives without anybody’s permission. Only individuals can think. Only the individual disregards his fears and commits himself exclusively to reforming the human environment.
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… reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.
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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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Pollution is nothing but resources we’re not harvesting.
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Quite clearly, our task is predominantly metaphysical, for it is how to get all of humanity to educate itself swiftly enough to generate spontaneous social behaviors that will avoid extinction.
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To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.
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