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Henri Bergson Quotes

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause Picture Quote #1

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity Picture Quote #1

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis Picture Quote #1

In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt, thought and willed from our earliest infancy is there, leaning over the present which is about to join it, pressing against the portals of consciousness that would fain leave it outside Picture Quote #1

If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary Picture Quote #1

However spontaneous it seems, laughter always implies a kind of secret freemasonry, or even complicity, with other laughers, real or imaginary Picture Quote #1

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Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality Picture Quote #1

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided Picture Quote #1

And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them Picture Quote #1

I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment Picture Quote #1

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A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which are absolutely independent of each other, and if it can be interpreted in two quite different meanings Picture Quote #1

You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but pure and stripped of what the requirements of life make you add to it in external perception Picture Quote #1

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate Picture Quote #1

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour Picture Quote #1

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation Picture Quote #1

To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself Picture Quote #1

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When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense the condition of a perception, we place the perceived images of things outside the image of our body, and thus replace perception within the things themselves Picture Quote #1

Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus baffles all calculation Picture Quote #1

Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in fact which masks reality from us, in order to set us face to face with reality itself Picture Quote #1

$... Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want to go on living or not. Theirs is the responsibility, then, for deciding if they want merely to live, or intend to make just the extra effort required for fulfilling, even on this refractory planet, the essential function of the universe, which is a machine for the making of gods Picture Quote #1$

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 Picture Quote #1

Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon them from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins their journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of following the crowd and by choosing knowledge over the veils of ignorance Picture Quote #1

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The emotion felt by a man in the presence of nature certainly counts for something in the origin of religions Picture Quote #1

I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body : they transmit movement to it Picture Quote #1

When it is said that an object occupies a large space in the soul or even that it fills it entirely, we ought to understand by this simply that its image has altered the shade of a thousand perceptions or memories, and that in this sense it pervades them, although it does not itself come into view Picture Quote #1

There are manifold tones of mental life, or, in other words, our psychic life may be lived at different heights, now nearer to action, now further removed from it, according to the degree of our attention to life Picture Quote #1

Intuition is a method of feeling one’s way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing, in order to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it. If there is a way of grasping a reality in absolute rather than relative terms, of entering into it rather than taking up positions on it, of seizing hold of it without any translation or symbolism, then that way is metaphysics itself Picture Quote #1

I believe that the time given to refutation in philosophy is usually time lost. Of the many attacks directed by many thinkers against each other, what now remains? Nothing, or assuredly very little. That which counts and endures is the modicum of positive truth which each contributes. The true statement is, of itself, able to displace the erroneous idea, and becomes, without our having taken the trouble of refuting anyone, the best of refutations Picture Quote #1

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The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause (Henri Bergson Quotes) The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity (Henri Bergson Quotes) An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis (Henri Bergson Quotes) In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt, thought and willed from our earliest infancy is there, leaning over the present which is about to join it, pressing against the portals of consciousness that would fain leave it outside (Henri Bergson Quotes) If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary (Henri Bergson Quotes) However spontaneous it seems, laughter always implies a kind of secret freemasonry, or even complicity, with other laughers, real or imaginary (Henri Bergson Quotes) Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality (Henri Bergson Quotes) Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable (Henri Bergson Quotes) 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 Quotes) For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided (Henri Bergson Quotes) And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them (Henri Bergson Quotes) I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment (Henri Bergson Quotes) A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which are absolutely independent of each other, and if it can be interpreted in two quite different meanings (Henri Bergson Quotes) You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but pure and stripped of what the requirements of life make you add to it in external perception (Henri Bergson Quotes) We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate (Henri Bergson Quotes) In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour (Henri Bergson Quotes) There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation (Henri Bergson Quotes) To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself (Henri Bergson Quotes) When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense the condition of a perception, we place the perceived images of things outside the image of our body, and thus replace perception within the things themselves (Henri Bergson Quotes) Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus baffles all calculation (Henri Bergson Quotes) Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in fact which masks reality from us, in order to set us face to face with reality itself (Henri Bergson Quotes) ... Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want to go on living or not. Theirs is the responsibility, then, for deciding if they want merely to live, or intend to make just the extra effort required for fulfilling, even on this refractory planet, the essential function of the universe, which is a machine for the making of gods (Henri Bergson Quotes) 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 Quotes) Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon them from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins their journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of following the crowd and by choosing knowledge over the veils of ignorance (Henri Bergson Quotes) The emotion felt by a man in the presence of nature certainly counts for something in the origin of religions (Henri Bergson Quotes) I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body : they transmit movement to it (Henri Bergson Quotes) When it is said that an object occupies a large space in the soul or even that it fills it entirely, we ought to understand by this simply that its image has altered the shade of a thousand perceptions or memories, and that in this sense it pervades them, although it does not itself come into view (Henri Bergson Quotes) There are manifold tones of mental life, or, in other words, our psychic life may be lived at different heights, now nearer to action, now further removed from it, according to the degree of our attention to life (Henri Bergson Quotes) Intuition is a method of feeling one’s way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing, in order to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it. If there is a way of grasping a reality in absolute rather than relative terms, of entering into it rather than taking up positions on it, of seizing hold of it without any translation or symbolism, then that way is metaphysics itself (Henri Bergson Quotes) I believe that the time given to refutation in philosophy is usually time lost. Of the many attacks directed by many thinkers against each other, what now remains? Nothing, or assuredly very little. That which counts and endures is the modicum of positive truth which each contributes. The true statement is, of itself, able to displace the erroneous idea, and becomes, without our having taken the trouble of refuting anyone, the best of refutations (Henri Bergson Quotes)

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