To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable. Edward de Bono More Quotes by Edward de Bono More Quotes From Edward de Bono The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of. Edward de Bono awfulawareness Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways. Edward de Bono riversattitudepeople There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous. Edward de Bono informationmediathinking To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field. Edward de Bono madgrowthsuccessful A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen. Edward de Bono attractivemindbeautiful The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. Edward de Bono barsideasneeds Logic will never change emotion or perception. Edward de Bono logicemotionperception The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it. Edward de Bono learningpurposeknowledge Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech. Edward de Bono suits-youperceptiontwo Most people...are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can't handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward. Edward de Bono teachingeducationmath This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self. Edward de Bono egofavorsself 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 Edward de Bono skillsimportantthinking We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards. Edward de Bono designjudgementjudging It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, Edward de Bono assessmentassumptionhistorical Do we have the will to make poverty history? Edward de Bono poverty Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose. Edward de Bono effectivenesstoolspurpose The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking. Edward de Bono rejectionacceptancethinking A question is a polite way of demanding something. Edward de Bono politeway To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing. Edward de Bono compassionjesuschrist We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information. Edward de Bono informationneedsthinking
