Whenever I draw a circle, I immediately want to step out of it.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERAll children are born geniuses, and we spend the first six years of their lives degeniusing them.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?
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Mind is the antithesis of reflex, and only mind could discover mind
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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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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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Ninety-nine percent of humanity does not know that we have the option to “make it” economically on this planet and in the Universe. We do.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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I’m utterly convinced that we are all here for one another and that every experience that everyone is having is relevant. It all counts. The Universe is so extraordinarily well designed that it needs all those experiences.
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Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked
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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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Every child has an enormous drive to demonstrate competence.
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Initiative can neither be created nor delegated. It can only spring from the self-determining individual, who decides that the wisdom of others is not always better than his own.
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The opposite of nature is impossible.
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Life is the spirit incarnate in time.
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Realizing the direct competition with foreign industry on a straight labor basis will mean swiftly decreasing wages per hour and longer hours and decreasing buying power of the public.
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Dwell not too long upon sports: for as they refresh a man that is weary, so they weary a man that is refreshed.
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