Important Quotes by Edward de Bono

We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards.

— Edward de Bono

Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.

— Edward de Bono

“In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing out what was "wrong.”

— Edward De Bono

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

People should realize we're jerks just like them.

— Edward de Bono

The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.

— Edward de Bono

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

Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.

— Edward de Bono

Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.

— Edward de Bono

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

“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

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

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

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

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