Edward de Bono Quotes

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

By seeing differently, we do differently

A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.

There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

People give me a better understanding on things that I said, or a different way to look at it.

Anything can feed you, depending on the way you look at it.

The truth isn't just the facts. You can have all the facts imaginable and miss the truth, just as you can have facts missing or some wrong, and reach the larger truth.

You can't tell what a man is like or what he is thinking when you are looking at him. You must get around behind him and see what he has been looking at.

If a man cannot see a church, it is preposterous to take his opinion about its altar-piece or painted window.

Sometimes the things we think are the impediments are actually the path.

Some people think of the glass as half full. Some people think of the glass as half empty. I think of the glass as too big.

You cannot solve a problem with the mind that created it. First you must change the mind.

To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.

Impossible is relative.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

A broken spoon may be a fork in disguise.

Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense --Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry

There's nothing wrong with the world. What's wrong is our way of looking at it.

There is a progression of understanding vis-à-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance --physical, emotional, intellectual and every other way. . . Which is exactly the way it should be . . .

Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.

Perspective - Use It or Lose It. If you turned to this page, you're forgetting that what is going on around you is not reality. Think about that.

To be able to say that "if we change our point of view in the following way ... things are simpler" is always a gain.