Henri Bergson

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

— Henri Bergson

#creating #endlessly #exist #go #mature

L'humanité gémit, à demi écrasée sous le poids des progrès qu'elle a faits. Elle ne sait pas assez que son avenir dépend d'elle. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#life

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

— Henri Bergson

#population #population-growth #war #religion

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#genius #humanity #inertia #learn #which

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#analysis #given #intuition #only #rest

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#itself #past #preserved #reality

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#religion #science

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

#even #faculty #instinct #instruments #intelligence

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#civilization #our #sex #sex appeal

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#cause #contains #effect #found #more