I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment.

Quote by Henri Bergson

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Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.

Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

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,...

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of...

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of...

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

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

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and...

Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

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...

To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns...

To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns...

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect...

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect...

When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense...

When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense...

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...

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

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.

You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but...

You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but...