Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Quote by Henri Bergson

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

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...

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 present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect...

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect...

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...

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...

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...

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

The New Testament, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act

The New Testament, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not...

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not...