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
The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression. — 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
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
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
Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when… — 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
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
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
