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

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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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...

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

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...

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional...

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional...

Don't fight forces, use them.

Don't fight forces, use them.

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...

God is a verb, not a noun.

God is a verb, not a noun.

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...

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...

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

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...

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.

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.

What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed...

What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed...

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...

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...

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

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.

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...