You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

- Buckminster Fuller

Transformation

"If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don’t bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking."

- Buckminster Fuller

Learning

"When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. But when I’ve finished, if the solution is not beautiful I know it’s wrong."

- Buckminster Fuller

Belief in Self

"The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it’s a different kind of life."

- Buckminster Fuller

Self-improvement

"The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow."

- Buckminster Fuller

Contribution

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"When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

Change

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

- Anaïs Nin

Change

"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Change

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."

- William James

Change

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."

- Dolly Parton

Change