A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
Edward de BonoThe 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 have found it.'
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 BonoYou can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
Edward de Bono