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

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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

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

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...

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

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...

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...

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

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...

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...

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Tension is the great integrity.

Tension is the great integrity.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.