"I became really absorbed but again I was at that point - and I still remain today - an outsider who has no interest in becoming an insider, let alone in what that insider perspective on [Buckminster Fuller] has come to be and come to represent."

-- Jonathon Keats

#Perspective Quotes #Buckminster Fuller Quotes #Today Quotes

“Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.”
“Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence.”
“God cannot honor anything, no matter its degree of sincerity, if it is contrary to His Word.”

Source : Eric Ludy, Leslie Ludy (2009). “Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God”, p.109, Harvest House Publishers
“Existence was given us for action, rather than indolent and aimless contemplation; our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel. They greatly mistake who suppose that God cares for no other pursuit than devotion.”

Source : Elias Lyman Magoon (1849). “Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom”, p.178
“You have just got to face the facts, don't you? I face it head-on. I knew what I was coming in to. I didn't make the impact I hoped for and I believed in.”
“Nations are not ruined by one act of violence, but gradually and in an almost imperceptible manner by the depreciation of their circulating currency, through its excessive quantity.”
“I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got to also have social investments to go along with that.”
“Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel.”

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