Edward de Bono
Edward de Bono
Edward de Bono is a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and consultant. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book Six Thinking Hats and is a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth19 May 1933
ideas creative able
Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
country people leader
It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.
compassion people together
Everywhere I go, I see very much the same thing. I see the same compassion for people who live half a world away. I see the same concern about events beyond these borders. And, increasingly, I see the same conviction that we can and we must join together to stop the scourge of AIDS and poverty.
running art turn-me
The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
jesus compassion christ
To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.
feelings logic disguise
Although feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway - we just disguise them as logic.
dream encouragement tired
I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.
progress answers littles
A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.
technology opportunity thinking
We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
art hero people
The purpose of art is to reflect new emerging values and to define the new heroes and heroines so that people can absorb them into their perceptions.
encouragement responsibility moon
America is an idea, but it's an idea that brings with it some baggage, like power brings responsibility. It's an idea that brings with it equality, but equality even though it's the highest calling, is the hardest to reach. The idea that anything is possible, that's one of the reasons why I'm a fan of America. It's like hey, look there's the moon up there, let's take a walk on it, bring back a piece of it. That's the kind of America that I'm a fan of.
bible submission-to-god temptation
Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
fun selfish thinking
I could never be a politician because I think I'm too selfish, and I think I like to have fun.. the right to be irresponsible is a right I hold dear.
education teaching math
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.