Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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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...

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...

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Don't fight forces, use them.

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

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

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...

God is a verb, not a noun.

God is a verb, not a noun.

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.

Tension is the great integrity.

Tension is the great integrity.

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...

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes...

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes...