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Philosophical Quotes by Henri Bergson
- Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
- And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.
- The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate the subsoil of the mind.
- It seems that laughter needs an echo.
- Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.
- The motive power of democracy is love
- In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.
- I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment
- I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body : they transmit movement to it.
- Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science
More Philosophical Quotes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle