Joy indeed would be that simplicity of life diffused throughout the world by an ever-spreading mystic intuition; joy, too, that which would automatically follow a vision of the life beyond attained through the furtherance of scientific experiment... Mankind lies groaning, half crushed beneath the weight of its own progress. Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want to go on living or not. Theirs the responsibility, then for deciding if they want merely to live, or intend to make just the extra effort required for fulfilling, even on their refractory planet, the essential function of the universe, which is a machine for the making of gods.

http://www.csp.org/experience/docs/bergson-sources.html

See? All these little actions, like helping your fellow God-making machine find lost quotes, add up to Gods. May that one bless you for finding the Bergson for me.

And why comments are so great. I get tired of hearing my own voice here sometimes.

I thought our lives were more Belgian than Swiss.

Katerina,
Once again I hope you do not have to close down your website. I have just found it today. Your tastes it literature seem great, although I personally say that, "Emily dickenson wrote poems only to amuse herself, and succeeded." I love Bishop's poems, thank you for posting that link. For speech's my favorites are usually political. My favorite political speech's are those of Elizabeth I of England. Especially, "The Golden Speech of 1601," and "The Speech at tilbury in 1588." Hope you can find these and tell me what you think.
Larry Riordan.