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Bergson Henri

1859 - 1941 (82)

Bergson Henri
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Quote 1

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating yourself endlessly.

Quote 2

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

Quote 3

Europe is overpopulated, the world will soon be in the same condition, and if the self-reproduction of man is not rationalized... we' ll have war.

Quote 4

The Eyes See Only What The Mind Is Prepared To Comprehend.

Quote 5

Materiality begets oblivion.

Quote 6

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.

Quote 7

Time is an invention and nothing else.

Quote 8

..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.”