There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

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...

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.

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 eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

It seems that laughter needs an echo.

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 motive power of democracy is love

The motive power of democracy is love

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...

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...

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

I observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in...

I observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in...

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt