"You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard enough."
Read quote
3 likes
Quote collection
Edward de Bono quotes (page 8 of 8)
150 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor car is excellent but not enough. We need to put far more emphasis on creative and design thinking. Judgement and analysis are not enough."
Read quote
3 likes
"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."
Read quote
3 likes
"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."
Read quote
3 likes
"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."
Read quote
3 likes
"Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent."
Read quote
3 likes
"A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered."
Read quote
3 likes
"To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing."
Read quote
3 likes
"Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort."
Read quote
3 likes
"The vertical thinker says: 'I know what I am looking for.' The lateral thinker says: 'I am looking but I won't know what I am looking for until I have found it.'"
Read quote
3 likes