Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be. — 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 Copy Share Image
Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future — Edward de Bono 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
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 Copy Share Image
If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
(...) being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego… — Edward de Bono 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
My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying… — 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
