The weapons of the positive revolution are not bullets and bombs but simple human perceptions. Bullets and bombs may offer physical power… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you.… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. It is concerned… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
A painter may be looking at the world in a way which is very different from everyone else. If he's a craftsman,… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is to reflect new emerging values and to define the new heroes and heroines so that people can… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think. — 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 Image
Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking. — Edward de Bono 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 field. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
