In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely urging the manufacture.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

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.

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...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

The motive power of democracy is love

The motive power of democracy is love

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

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

The only cure for grief is action.

The only cure for grief is action.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An optimist is a person who takes action, who moves out ahead of the crowd.

An optimist is a person who takes action, who moves out ahead of the crowd.