R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

American - Inventor | July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983

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

R. Buckminster Fuller

PeopleThinkDoingAcceptWayFresh

Truth is a tendency.

R. Buckminster Fuller

TruthTruth IsTendency

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

R. Buckminster Fuller

LearnYouMoreNeverOnlyLess

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

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FaithThinkingBetterSomeoneBelief

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.

R. Buckminster Fuller

IntegrityHumanityGoTouchThrough

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

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KnowledgeChildrenArtParentsDoing

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.

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MistakeYouGetMostUncoverRid

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.

R. Buckminster Fuller

LeadershipUniverseLookDoneNeeds

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

R. Buckminster Fuller

WordsMatterMuchFewDistilled

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

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GodPurposeMeHereSeemsProper

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.

R. Buckminster Fuller

IdeasProcessEnoughEmergencyBadly

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

R. Buckminster Fuller

NatureSucceedTryingHardDepend

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