Dwell not too long upon sports: for as they refresh a man that is weary, so they weary a man that is refreshed.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERIf 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.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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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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All of humanity now has the option to “make it” successfully and sustainably, by virtue of our having minds, discovering principles and being able to employ these principles to do more with less.
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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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If you change the environment, you change the people.
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The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have.
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Mind is the antithesis of reflex, and only mind could discover mind
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Universe is the aggregate of all humanity’s consciously apprehended and communicated nonsimultaneous and only partially overlapping experiences.
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Observation of my life to date shows that the larger the number for whom I work, the more positively effective I become. Thus, it is obvious that if I work always and only for all humanity, I will be optimally effective.
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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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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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Truth is the progressive diminution of residual error.
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that’s how the universe designs itself.
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Specialization breeds biases that ultimately aggregate as international and ideological discord, which, in turn, leads to war.
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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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