The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
EDWARD DE BONOTo me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor it’s nothing.
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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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination – so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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The purpose of art is to reflect new emerging values and to define the new heroes and heroines so that people can absorb them into their perceptions.
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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
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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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To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.
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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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