Edward de Bono

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of…

— Edward de Bono

A good design is not a democratic consensus.

— Edward de Bono

This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of…

— Edward de Bono

You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future

— Edward de Bono

Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.

— Edward de Bono

“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

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

A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.

— Edward de Bono

It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.

— Edward de Bono

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

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

The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.

— Edward de Bono

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.

— Edward de Bono

You do not go out into the street in your underwear, although usually you are wearing underwear. The underwear is not visible…

— Edward de Bono

Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is…

— Edward de Bono

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

— Edward de Bono

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

— Edward de Bono

If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.

— Edward de Bono

To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.

— Edward de Bono

I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.

— Edward de Bono

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no…

— Edward de Bono

“Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple. - Edward De Bono”

— Edward De Bono

Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope…

— Edward de Bono

Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be…

— Edward de Bono

“When the positive revolution takes hold it will no longer be enough for politicians to gain points through attack or being negative.…

— Edward De Bono