What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREBetter to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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A madman’s ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.
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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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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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To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
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Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.
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He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.
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My eyes feel all soft, all soft as flesh. I’m going to sleep.
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.
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We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
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I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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