A problem adequately stated is a problem solved theoretically and immediately, and therefore subsequently to be solved, realistically.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERIt is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a ‘higher standard of living than any have ever known.’ It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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I look for what needs to be done
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Love is omni-inclusive, progressively exquisite, understanding and compassionately attuned to other than self.
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When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.
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You can’t learn less.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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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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I’m not trying to counsel any of you to do anything really special except dare to think. And to dare to go with the truth. And to dare to really love completely.
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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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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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Human beings are the only creatures on the planet that tell time and think they have to earn a living.
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True democracy discovers by patient experiment and unanimous acknowledgement what the laws of nature or universe may be for the physical support and metaphysical satisfaction of the human intellect’s function in universe.
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Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment…. Humanity is in ‘final exam’ as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe.
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It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a ‘higher standard of living than any have ever known.’ It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival.
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As long as one human being is hungry, the entire human race is hungry.
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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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