Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
EDWARD DE BONOThe power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people’s hearts, and that’s hard enough.
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My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.
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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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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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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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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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A question is a polite way of demanding something.
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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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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor it’s nothing.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
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An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
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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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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
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