Quote by Henri Bergson
To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of percept

To perceive means to immobilize… we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. – Henri Bergson

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We regard intelligence as mans 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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The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is. – Kahlil Gibran

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Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak. – Anon.

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The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them. – G. K. Chesterton

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To see, to hear, means nothing. To recognize (or not to recognize) means everything. Between what I do recognize and what I do not recognize there stands myself. And what I do not recognize I shall continue not to recognize. – Andre Breton

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