Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom.

Quote by Henri Bergson

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The motive power of democracy is love

The motive power of democracy is love

The motive power of democracy is love.

The motive power of democracy is love.

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...

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.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

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...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

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

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...

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...

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...