To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing. — Edward de Bono Christ Copy Share Image
Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced. — Edward de Bono Ideas Copy Share Image
Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car. — 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
An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what… — Edward De Bono Attention Copy Share Image
We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information. — Edward de Bono Data Copy Share Image
The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God… — Edward de Bono Art Copy Share Image
Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the… — Edward de Bono Acceptance Copy Share Image
Some people are aware of another sort of thinking which... leads to those simple ideas that are obvious only after they have… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas… — Edward De Bono New ideas Copy Share Image
You do not go out into the street in your underwear, although usually you are wearing underwear. The underwear is not visible… — 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
Everywhere I go, I see very much the same thing. I see the same compassion for people who live half a world… — 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 Children Copy Share Image
A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos. — Edward de Bono Battle Copy Share Image
The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. — Edward de Bono Creativity Copy Share Image
To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth… — Edward de Bono Growth Copy Share Image
When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and… — Edward de Bono Creativity 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 Business Copy Share Image
I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression. — Edward de Bono Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Although feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway - we just disguise them as logic. — Edward de Bono Business Copy Share Image
Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic. — Edward de Bono Failure Copy Share Image
We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of… — Edward de Bono Architecture Copy Share Image
The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
“Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple. - Edward De Bono” — Edward De Bono Learning Copy Share Image
I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth. — Edward de Bono Action Copy Share Image
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. — Edward de Bono Action Copy Share Image
Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress. — 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 Computers Copy Share Image
The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results. — Edward de Bono Business Copy Share Image
If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you. — Edward de Bono Design Copy Share Image
Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive. — Edward de Bono Business Copy Share Image
I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
