Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.

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 this can lead to new ideas.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

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.