Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance; it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast – or else there is nothing at all.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREFor an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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We are our choices.
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I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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Existence is prior to essence.
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A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.
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Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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I do not think, therefore I am a moustache.
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I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.
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I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
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The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks.
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In love, one and one are one.
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If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.
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I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
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As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.
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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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