"The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality."
Henri Bergson was a French philosopher known for his work on duration, intuition, and creative evolution. Born in Paris on 1859-10-18, he became one of the most influential European thinkers of the early twentieth century and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927. He died in Paris on 1941-01-04.