The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
EDWARD DE BONOThere is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.
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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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The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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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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It’s not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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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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Although feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway – we just disguise them as logic.
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Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can never be satisfied with our most important skill. No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better.
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