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

Quote by Henri Bergson

Topics: Past Quotes, Time Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

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 eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

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...

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...

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...

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

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...

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...

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...