The idea of the future, pregnant with an... by Henri Bergson

Time philosopher French Nobel Prize Creativity

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

Other quotes by Henri Bergson

Change

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

- Henri Bergson

Cure Vanity

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

- Henri Bergson

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.

- Henri Bergson

Time Being

Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.

- Henri Bergson

Sex

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

- Henri Bergson

Past

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

- Henri Bergson

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