All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati’s.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Existence is prior to essence.
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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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Consciousness is a being the nature of which is to be conscious of the nothingness of its being.
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Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
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People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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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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I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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Nothing happens while you live. The scenery changes, people come in and go out, that’s all. There are no beginnings. Days are tacked on to days without rhyme or reason, an interminable, monotonous addition.
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Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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