Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
Edward de BonoRemoving the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.
Edward de BonoThere's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.
Edward de BonoIt 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 Bono