Meandering here and there . . .

Today is the birthday of Henri-Louis Bergson (October 18, 1859 – January 4, 1941), philosopher. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927.

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
- Henri Bergson

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

"The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause."
- Henri Bergson

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

"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."
- Henri Bergson

"Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality."
- Henri Bergson

"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought."
- Henri Bergson

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