The highest of generalizations is the synergetic integration of truth and love.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERWhenever I draw a circle, I immediately want to step out of it.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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It is one of the strange facts of experience that when we try to think about the future, our thoughts jump backwards. It may well be that nature has some fundamental metaphysical law by which opening up what we call the future also opens up the past in equal degree.
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The earth is like a spaceship that didn’t come with an operating manual.
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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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The opposite of nature is impossible.
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If we design the environment properly It will permit both child and adult to develop safely And to behave logically.
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Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
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The more we learn the more we realize how little we know.
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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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Human beings were given a left foot and a right foot to make a mistake first to the left, then to the right, left again and repeat.
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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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The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have.
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This will bring out the real you that often gets buried inside a character that has acquired a superficial array of behaviors induced or imposed by others on the individual.
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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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Bite your tongue. Get a cinder in your eye. When you feel good, you feel nothing.
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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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