The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future

- Edward De Bono

Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.

- Edward De Bono

Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and th…

- Edward De Bono

Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.

- Edward De Bono

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 hav…

- Edward De Bono

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.

- Edward De Bono

The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.

- Edward De Bono

Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.

- Edward De Bono

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so ob…

- Edward De Bono