“Some people are aware of another sort of thinking which... leads to those simple ideas that are obvious only after they have been thought of... the term 'lateral thinking' has been coined to describe this orther sort of thinking; 'vertical thinking' is used to denote the conventional logical process.”
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“One can think of a secretary actively operating a filing system, of a librarian actively cataloguing books, of a computer actively sorting out information. The mind however does not actively sort out information. The information sorts itself out and organises itself into patterns. The mind is passive. The mind only provides an opportunity for the information to behave in this way. The mind provides a special environment in which information can become self-organising. This special environment is a memory surface with special characteristics.”
“They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.”
“I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.”
“We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.”
“Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.”
“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.”
“Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.”
“To say that we're going to end countries or eradicate terrorism, and that it's a long war over many years, with many different instruments, suggests a much more complex and drawn-out conflict for which, I think, most Americans aren't prepared.”
“All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.”
“I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June: And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold, A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.”
“We push time from us, and we wish him back; * * * * * * Life we think long and short; death seek and shun.”
“O! lost to virtue, lost to manly thought, Lost to the noble sallies of the soul! Who think it solitude to be alone.”
“Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small stands the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles life.”
“None think the great unhappy, but the great.”
“No book is of much importance; the vital thing is, What do you yourself think?”
“Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.”
“Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much as possible about other people. Dwell on things that are interesting. Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”
“First of my own personal requirements is inner calm. This, I think, is an essential. One of the secrets of using your time well is to gain a certain ability to maintain peace within yourself so that much can go on around you and you can stay calm inside.”
“How hard it is to project oneself into the future. We are always prone to think of the conditions which are with us today as being permanent conditions.”