Henri Bergson Quotes

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
– Henri Bergson

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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
– Henri Bergson

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The eyes only see what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
– Henri Bergson

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Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.
– Henri Bergson

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Intelligence is characterized by a natural incomprehension of life.
– Henri Bergson

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I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.
– Henri Bergson

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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

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… divine love is not something belonging to God: it is God Himself.
– Henri Bergson

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Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and division.
– Henri Bergson

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Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.
– Henri Bergson

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

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And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.
– Henri Bergson

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The question is precisely to know whether the past has ceased to exist, or ceased to be useful…
– Henri Bergson

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The universe is a machine for the making of Gods.
– Henri Bergson

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Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.
– Henri Bergson

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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

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

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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

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It seems that laughter needs an echo.
– Henri Bergson

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The motive power of democracy is love.
– Henri Bergson

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