There is something patently insane about all the typewriters sleeping with all the beautiful plumbing in the beautiful office buildings -and all the people sleeping in the slums.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERIt is new design by architects versus world revolution by political leadership.
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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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Seeing-is-believing is a blind spot in man’s vision.
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There will come a time when the proper education of children, by a glorified system of spontaneous education of choice, similar to the Montessori System, will be made possible.
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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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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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The World has become too dangerous for anything less than Utopia.
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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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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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Human beings are the only creatures on the planet that tell time and think they have to earn a living.
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When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem.
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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.
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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 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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Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences – “which is the mostest? which is the leastest?”
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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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