The Collected Works of Henri Bergson Quotes

“In a society composed of pure intelligences there would probably be no more tears, though perhaps there would still be laughter; whereas highly emotional souls, in tune and unison with life, in whom every event would be sentimentally prolonged and re-echoed, would neither know nor understand laughter.”
― Henri Bergson, The Collected Works of Henri Bergson: Laughter, Time and Free Will, Creative Evolution, Matter and Memory, Meaning of the War & Dreams

“In a society composed of pure intelligences there would probably be no more tears, though perhaps there would still be laughter; whereas highly emotional souls, in tune and unison with life, in whom every event would be sentimentally prolonged and re-echoed, would neither know nor understand laughter. Try,”
― Henri Bergson, The Collected Works of Henri Bergson: Laughter, Time and Free Will, Creative Evolution, Matter and Memory, Meaning of the War & Dreams