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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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...

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

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

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.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter...

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.