Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.
EDWARD DE BONOThe mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.
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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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Do we have the will to make poverty history?
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Lateral thinking is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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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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A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.
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A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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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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To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.
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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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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
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