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 obvious that the problem no longer exists.

We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.

When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.

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

Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. It is concerned with the perception part of thinking. This is where we organise the external world into the pieces we can then 'process'.

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

A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.