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.
Edward de BonoEvery valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
Edward de BonoEverywhere I go, I see very much the same thing. I see the same compassion for people who live half a world away. I see the same concern about events beyond these borders. And, increasingly, I see the same conviction that we can and we must join together to stop the scourge of AIDS and poverty.
Edward de BonoAlthough feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway - we just disguise them as logic.
Edward de Bono