You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
EDWARD DE BONOPeople should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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Creative thinking – in terms of idea creativity – is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
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The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.
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I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don’t acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.
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The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
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We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
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America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.
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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future.
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The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people’s minds.
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Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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