435 Quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller

There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty........ but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

Wealth is a person’s ability to survive a certain number of days forward.

I am not optimistic or pessimistic. I feel that optimism and pessimism are very unbalanced. I am a very hard engineer. I am a mechanic. I am a sailor. I am an air pilot. I don't tell people I can get you across the ocean with my ship unless I know what I'm talking about.

The point is that racism is the product of tribalism and ignorance and both are falling victim to communications and world-around literacy

Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

Since the initial publication of the chart of the electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one-millionth of reality.

Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.

Thinking is a momentary dismissal of irrelevancies.