The pure present is an ungraspable advan... by Henri Bergson | We Heart Quotes

Time philosopher French Nobel Prize Creativity

The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.

- Henri Bergson

Other quotes by Henri Bergson

Cure Vanity

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

- Henri Bergson

The question is precisely to know whether the past has ceased to exist, or ceased to be useful.

- Henri Bergson

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

Joy Feeling Life

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

- Henri Bergson

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

- 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

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