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

Quote by Henri Bergson

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that...

I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that...

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...

The motive power of democracy is love

The motive power of democracy is love

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

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,...

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

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.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very...

I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters