Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
EDWARD DE BONOHappiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
EDWARD DE BONOA characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
EDWARD DE BONOPossibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.
EDWARD DE BONOEveryone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking at things is too sacred to be reconsidered. No way of doing things is beyond improvement.
EDWARD DE BONOThe Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
EDWARD DE BONOPeople should realize we’re jerks just like them.
EDWARD DE BONOI know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
EDWARD DE BONOThey enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.
EDWARD DE BONOTraditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
EDWARD DE BONOThe image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people’s minds.
EDWARD DE BONODon’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
EDWARD DE BONOWhat the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
EDWARD DE BONOThe 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.
EDWARD DE BONOIntelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
EDWARD DE BONOOnly the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
EDWARD DE BONOCreativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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