The motive power of democracy is love

Quote by Henri Bergson

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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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

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...

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...

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

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...

The motive power of democracy is love.

The motive power of democracy is love.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

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...

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've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting...

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting...

The great God endows His children variously. To some he gives intellect -- and they...

The great God endows His children variously. To some he gives intellect -- and they...