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It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.

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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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Rage
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Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day. ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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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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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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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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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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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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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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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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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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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.
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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.
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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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Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
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Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
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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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