In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

Quote by Henri Bergson

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Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is...

Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is...

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...