Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
“No amount of excellence on the part of a computer can lead to the solution of a problem if the problem has… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
It is well known that "problem avoidance" is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . .… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards. — Edward de Bono Copy Share
Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be. — Edward de Bono Copy Share
“In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing out what was "wrong.” — Edward De Bono Copy Share
The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at… — Edward de Bono Copy Share
To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field. — Edward de Bono Copy Share
The weapons of the positive revolution are not bullets and bombs but simple human perceptions. Bullets and bombs may offer physical power but eventually… — Edward de Bono Copy Share
“In real-life situations apparently logical lines of argument are often (not always) based on an inability to see alternative possibilities. In a similar way… — Edward De Bono Copy Share
An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore. — Edward De Bono Copy Share
It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the… — Edward de Bono Copy Share
It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason.… — Edward de Bono Copy Share
The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some… — Edward De Bono Copy Share
