For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living than any have ever known.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERWhen 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.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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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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Brain deals exclusively with the physical, and mind exclusively with the metaphysical.
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Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences – “which is the mostest? which is the leastest?”
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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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The wave is not the water. The water merely told us about the wave moving by.
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There is an effective strategy open to architects. Whereas doctors deal with the interior organisms of man, architects deal with the exterior organisms of man. Architects might join with one another to carry on their work in laboratories as do doctors in anticipatory medicine.
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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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Man knows so much and does so little.
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The earth is like a spaceship that didn’t come with an operating manual.
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Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
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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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American labor will realize that its function is not to increase jobs, but to multiply the wealth and to expand the numbers benefited by the wealth at the swiftest possible rate.
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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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Wealth is a measure of a person’s ability to survive so many days forward.
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And this is not a matter of an examination of the types of governments, nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with economic systems. It has to do with the individual. Does the individual have the courage to really go along with the truth?
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