On the weekend I felt inspired to post this quote by Buckminster Fuller on the Simple Life Strategies Facebook Page (if you’ve not liked us on here, then get involved):

“We should do away with the absolutely spurious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian Darwinian theory he must justify his right to exist. So we have inspectors of inspectors and people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living.”

The quote seemed to resonate with quite a few people so I thought I’d share some more wisdom from the neo-futurist architect who has inspired so many. As someone who has chosen to dedicate their life to helping others find their passion, I completely resonated with everything that Fuller said in the quote above. I meet so many people who are slowly wasting away their lives trying to earn a living, when it doesn’t really have to be that way.

I firmly believe that we all have a unique skill or talent that is just waiting to be discovered and utilised in our lives…something that will make us come alive and express who we really are. In-fact I know this to be a fact because I help people find out what is unique about them each and every week.

And I think what can happen sometimes is that we get so obsessed with earning a living that we forget to find out what we might be genuinely passionate about in life. We get stuck in a rut so-to-speak. I guess we are creatures of habit after-all. So thanks to Buckminster Fuller for this reminder that there is more to life than just earning a living.

If (like me when I stumbled upon his quote), you know nothing about Mr Fuller, then let me enlighten you. Buckminster Fuller was an American neo-futurist architect. He was also a writer and an inventor and published more than 30 books. I like him because he’s a straight shooter. He tells it like it is. And he’s pretty funny too. Nothing like a bit of humour thrown into an intelligent quote. In-fact I think more intelligent quotes should be peppered with humour – it’s the one thing that keeps the world light 🙂

Anyway, enough about the history of the man, I thought I’d share some more of his quotes because quite frankly they are too good not to share. Take your time to cruise through the quotes below. Take in the ones that resonate with you and leave the ones that don’t. Maybe even share the ones that make you feel something.

Enjoy 🙂

Wisdom from Buckminster: 10 Inspiring Quotes

Tell me – what do you think of Buckminster Fuller? Which quote resonates with you the most? I’d love to hear in the comments below.

Have a happy Friday!

Love

Zoë B

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