Henri Bergson

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“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.”

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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“The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.”

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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“Time is invention and nothing else.”

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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“Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.”

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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"Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable."

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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"To drive out the darkness, bring in the light."

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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"Intuition is a method of feeling one's way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it."

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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"Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science"

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially "tools to make tools."

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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"It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles."

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

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"The only cure for vanity is laughter. And the only fault that's laughable is vanity."

― Henri Bergson (1859-1941)