The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the 'I breathe' which actually does accompany them.

When two minds of a high order, interested in kindred subjects, come together, their conversation is chiefly remarkable for the summariness of its allusions and the rapidity of its transitions. Before one of them is half through a sentence the other knows his meaning and replies. ... His mental lungs breathe more deeply, in an atmosphere more broad and vast.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

O my Bergson, you are a magician, and your book is a marvel, a real wonder in the history of philosophy . . . In finishing it I found . . . such a flavor of persistent euphony, as of a rich river that never foamed or ran thin, but steadily and firmly proceeded with its banks full to the brim.

If you want a confidence, act as if you already have it. Try the "as if" technique.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.