If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do… HOW WOULD I BE? WHAT WOULD I DO?
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERPollution is nothing but resources we’re not harvesting.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Life is the spirit incarnate in time.
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No man can prove upon awakening that he is the man who he thinks went to bed the night before, or that anything that he recollects is anything other than a convincing dream.
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The word synergy comes from the Greek sin-ergo, meaning, to work together. It describes a mutually supportive atmosphere of trust, where each individual element works towards its own goals, and where the goals may be quite varied.
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[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.
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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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When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
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Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
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If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don’t bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.
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You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.
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Pollution is nothing but resources we’re not harvesting.
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The more we learn the more we realize how little we know.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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The wave is not the water. The water merely told us about the wave moving by.
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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 are most probably here for local information-gathering and local-Universe problem-solving in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe.
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