… reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERI live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing – a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process – an integral function of the universe.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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We are going to have to find ways of organizing ourselves cooperatively,sanely, scientifically, harmonically and in regenerative spontaneity with the rest of humanity around the earth….
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The assumption is that the inevitability of a solution’s realization is inherent in the interaction of human intellect and the constantly transformative evolution of physical universe.
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The individual can take initiatives without anybody’s permission. Only individuals can think. Only the individual disregards his fears and commits himself exclusively to reforming the human environment.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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There are no solids. There are no things. There are only interfering and non-interfering patterns operative in pure principle, and principles are eternal.
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You don’t belong to you. You belong to the Universe and you’re here to serve.
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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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I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe; I am confident I couldnt have done anywhere near such a good job.
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It is one of our most exciting discoveries that local discovery leads to a complex of further discoveries.
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You can’t better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically applied.
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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?
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Above all, I am motivated by the most mysterious drive we ever experience -that of love – I don’t think there’s any influence on my life that compares with love.
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Only ten years ago the ‘more with less’ technology reached the point where this could be done. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful.
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As long as one human being is hungry, the entire human race is hungry.
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In the United States, throughout all twenty-four hours of every day of the year – year after year.
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