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Quotes by Richard Buckminster Fuller

Richard Buckminster Fuller

“There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes”

“Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.”

“I look for what needs to be done. After all, thats how the universe designs itself.”

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

“Our power is in our ability to decide.”

“Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution.”

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

“The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.”

“Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.”

“The solution to a problem changes the nature of the problem.”

“Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because weve been ignorant of their value.”

“If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.”

“Either war is obsolete or men are.”

“I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what Ive invented.”

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

“Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.”

“Controlled time is our true wealth.”

“Love is metaphysical gravity.”

“God is a verb.”

“Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mates or childrens egos than your own. Youre now a giver instead of a taker.”