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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
Edward de Bono
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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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Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is being criticized in order to criticize it. That is only rarely a true assumption because, most often, the critic will seize on some little aspect that he or she understands and tackle only that.
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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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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
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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.
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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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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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Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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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 has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
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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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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.
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