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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
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Buddhist
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Innovation
Buddhism
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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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When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.
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It is well known that problem avoidance is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.
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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of whack? Explaining faith is impossible - vision over visibility - instinct over intellect - a songwriter plays a chore with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head.
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Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it.
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You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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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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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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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.
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Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.
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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn't about charity, it's about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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