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

Quote by Henri Bergson

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It seems that laughter needs an echo.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

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.

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...

The motive power of democracy is love

The motive power of democracy is love

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...

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

A full belly makes a dull brain

A full belly makes a dull brain

I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of...

I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of...