An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis. Henri Bergson absoluteanalysisintuition Change image and share on social
Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments. Henri Bergson constructfacultyinstinct Change image and share on social
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. Henri Bergson effectfindpast Change image and share on social
The motive power of democracy is love. Henri Bergson democracylovemotive Change image and share on social
In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically. Henri Bergson automaticallypastpreserve Change image and share on social
In just the same way the thousands of successive positions of a runner are contracted into one sole symbolic attitude, which our eye perceives, which art reproduces, and which becomes for everyone the image of a man who runs. Henri Bergson artattitudecontract share on social
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. Henri Bergson actactionman Change image and share on social
In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour. Henri Bergson correctfindhumiliate Change image and share on social
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 actionbeginbody share on social
Our laughter is always the laughter of a group. Henri Bergson grouplaughter Change image and share on social