Buckminster Fuller quotes - page 10

Real wealth is ideas plus energy. (Buckminster Fuller)
There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes. View quote
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The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow. View quote
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People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching. View quote
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[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone. View quote
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Our power is in our ability to decide. View quote
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There is no energy crisis, only a crisis of ignorance. View quote
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None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated. View quote
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The future is a choice between Utopia and oblivion. View quote
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As long as one human being is hungry, the entire human race is hungry. View quote
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The impossible happens. (Buckminster Fuller)
Everything we see is inside our own heads. View quote
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The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living. View quote
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I have great hope for tomorrow. My hope lies in three things-truth, youth, and love. View quote
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We are prisoners of our own metaphors, metaphorically speaking. View quote
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You don't belong to you. You belong to the Universe and you're here to serve. View quote
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Nature does have manure and she does have roots as well as blossoms, and you can't hate the manure and blame the roots for not being blossoms. View quote
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The one common experience of all humanity is the challenge of problems. View quote
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Brain deals exclusively with the physical, and mind exclusively with the metaphysical. View quote
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There is no such thing as genius, some children are just less damaged than others. View quote
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Don't attempt to reform man. An adequately organized environment will permit humanity's original, innate capabilities to become successful. (Buckminster Fuller)
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. 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. View quote
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Controlled time is our true wealth. View quote
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Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. View quote
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Television is the third parent. View quote
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