In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt, thought and willed from our earliest infancy is there, leaning over the present which is about to join it, pressing against the portals of consciousness…

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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 short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty...

In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty...

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

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

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is...

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is...

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

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.

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...

The motive power of democracy is love.

The motive power of democracy is love.

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...

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.

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 I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been...

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Judges don't age; time decorates them.

Judges don't age; time decorates them.