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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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Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments. – Henri Bergson

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

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Perception

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. – Walter Benjamin

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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. – Ruth Benedict

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