In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

Quote by Henri Bergson

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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...

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...

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.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the...

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

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...

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...