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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

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.

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...

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

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

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

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.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

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

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

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot...

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot...