Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERI am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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No man can prove upon awakening that he is the man who he thinks went to bed the night before, or that anything that he recollects is anything other than a convincing dream.
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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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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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I’m not trying to copy Nature, I’m trying to find the principles she’s using.
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Physics has found no straight lines. Instead, the physical universe consists of only waves undulating back and forth allowing for corrections and balance.
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Love is a metaphysical gravity.
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Whenever I draw a circle, I immediately want to step out of it.
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You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all you experience to highest advantage to others.
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Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
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I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.
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Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
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Ninety-nine percent of humanity does not know that we have the option to “make it” economically on this planet and in the Universe. We do.
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Whether humanity is to comprehensively prosper…depends entirely on the integrity of the human individuals and not on the political and economic systems. The cosmic question has been asked: are humans worthwhile to universe invention?
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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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There is no such thing as genius, some children are just less damaged than others.
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