R. Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer and inventor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth12 July 1895
CountryUnited States of America
dark thinking age
We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.
positivity ninety-nine invisible
Ninety-nine per cent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
being-true
I have spent most of my life unlearning things that were proved not to be true
support-you age attention
You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.
peace acting venture
When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.
vices virtue spectacular
Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
strength leadership guitar
I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
mistake decision humanity
The one common experience of all humanity is the challenge of problems.
errors progressive truth-is
It seems that truth is progressive approximation in which the relative fraction of our spontaneously tolerated residual error constantly diminishes.
self people rude
We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control.
sports mistake reason
You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have made so many mistakes.
integrity heart self
Integrity is the courage and self-discipline to cooperate and initiate according to the Divine, which you know in your heart as Truth.
wisdom country jobs
However, if we leave the industrial machinery and their energy-distribution networks and leave them also all the people who have routine jobs operating the industrial machinery and distributing its products, and we take away from all the industrial countries all their ideologies and all the politicians and political machine workers, people would keep right on eating. Possibly getting on a little better than before.
degrees
It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom?