Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

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...

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.

Love is metaphysical gravity.

Love is metaphysical gravity.

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs...

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs...

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for...

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for...

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...

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch...

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch...

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

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...

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

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

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

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...

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.