The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
EDWARD DE BONOAn idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
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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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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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It’s not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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Do we have the will to make poverty history?
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The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
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Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.
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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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It is well known that “problem avoidance” is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.
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You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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