My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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Don't fight forces, use them.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no...

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no...

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become...

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become...

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while...

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while...

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere...

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere...

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I...

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I...

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid...

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid...

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse...

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse...

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not...

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not...

Love is metaphysical gravity.

Love is metaphysical gravity.

I think perhaps Love thrives on chance and unlikely circumstance. Life also thrives on these...

I think perhaps Love thrives on chance and unlikely circumstance. Life also thrives on these...

Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire...

Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire...

Saving love doesn't bring any interest.

Saving love doesn't bring any interest.