Laughter is the corrective force which p... by Henri Bergson | We Heart Quotes

Time philosopher French Nobel Prize Creativity

Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.

- Henri Bergson

Other quotes by Henri Bergson

Intelligence Man

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.

- Henri Bergson

Thought Man

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

- Henri Bergson

Change Mind

I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment.

- Henri Bergson

Intuition Rest

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

- Henri Bergson

Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus baffles all calculation.

- Henri Bergson

Laughter

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

- Henri Bergson

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