Creative Thinking - In Terms

(...) Being Right All The Time Acquires A Huge Importance In Education, And There Is This Terror Of Being Wrong. The Ego Is So Tied To Being Right That Later On In Life You Are Reluctant To Accept That You Are Ever Wrong, Because You Are Defending Not The Idea But Your Self-esteem. (...) This Terror Of Being Wrong Means That People Have Enormous Difficulties In Changing Ideas.

It Is Historical Continuity That Maintains Most Assumptions, Not Repeated Assessment Of Their Validity.

You Can Analyse The Past, But You Need To Design The Future. That Is The Difference Between Suffering The Future And Enjoying It.

Possibilities Play A Much Bigger Role In Thinking Than Most People Believe. Without Possibilities You Cannot Make Progress.

It Is Better To Have Enough Ideas For Some Of Them To Be Wrong, Than To Be Always Right By Having No Ideas At All.