All are intractably skeptical of what they do not understand. We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERThe end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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The Universe consists of non-simultaneously apprehended events.
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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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As long as one human being is hungry, the entire human race is hungry.
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The explicable requires the inexplicable. Experience requires the nonexperienceable. The obvious requires the mystical.
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It is essential to release humanity from the false fixations of yesterday which seem now to bind it to a rationale of action leading only to extinction.
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The procedure we are pursuing is that of true democracy. Semi-democracy accepts the dictatorship of a majority in establishing its arbitrary, ergo, unnatural, laws.
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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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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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Coping with the totality of Spaceship Earth and universe is ahead for all of us.
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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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My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.
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All sports are time control demonstrations.
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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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The dark ages still reign over all humanity, and the depth and persistence of this domination are only now becoming clear. This Dark Ages prison has no steel bars, chains, or locks. Instead, it is locked by misorientation and built of misinformation.
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