435 Quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller

Degrees of accuracy are only degrees of refinement and magnitude in no way affects the fundamental reliability, which refers, as directional or angular sense, toward centralized truths. Truth is a relationship.

Of course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society operates on the theory that specialization is the key to success, not realizing that specialization precludes comprehensive thinking.

Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe.

The wave is not the water. The water merely told us about the wave moving by.

I'm utterly convinced that we are all here for one another and that every experience that everyone is having is relevant. It all counts. The Universe is so extraordinarily well designed that it needs all those experiences.

Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly - right now.

Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time. Our living rooms are empty seven-eighths of the time. Our office buildings are empty one-half of the time. It's time we gave this some thought.

Everything can be linked together in some fashion, in either a physical, psychological, or symbolic manner.

Racism, pollution and the rest of it are themselves very close to extinction.