You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERThe purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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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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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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All children are born geniuses; 9,999 out of every 10,000 are swiftly, inadvertently degeniusized by grownups.
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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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… reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.
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Coping with the totality of Spaceship Earth and universe is ahead for all of us.
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We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.
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All of humanity now has the option to “make it” successfully and sustainably, by virtue of our having minds, discovering principles and being able to employ these principles to do more with less.
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Pollution is nothing but resources we’re not harvesting.
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that’s how the universe designs itself.
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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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A problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved.
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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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How much does your building weigh? A question often used to challenge architects to consider how efficiently materials were used for the space enclosed.
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on first priority in design consideration is the full realization of individual potential in order to reach the second derivative full realization for all individuals
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