Existence is prior to essence.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRETo know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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It was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else.
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People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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You’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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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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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?
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I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.
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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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Existence is an imperfection.
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Life has no meaning a priori, It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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