We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards. — 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
“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate… — 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
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
Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty.… — 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
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
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
One can think of a secretary actively operating a filing system, of a librarian actively cataloguing books, of a computer actively sorting… — 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
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
A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. — 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
