For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.

Quote by Henri Bergson

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The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate...

The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate...

In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt,...

In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt,...

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to...

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to...

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority...

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority...

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin...

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin...

I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body: they...

I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body: they...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which...

A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

In just the same way the thousands of successive positions of a runner are contracted...

In just the same way the thousands of successive positions of a runner are contracted...

And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to...

And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to...

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go...

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go...

Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.

Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.