The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
¶ (Attributed)
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Henri-Louis Bergson (1859-1941) French philosopher
It may be that the whole is simple, and that we are looking at it from the wrong point of view.
¶ The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, "Dynamic Religion" (1932)
There is no obstacle which cannot be broken down by wills sufficiently keyed up, if they deal with it in time. There is thus no inescapable historic law.
¶ The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, "Final Remarks" (tr. R. Ashley Audra and Cloudesley Brereton, 1935) (1932)
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