We are our choices.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREWhat is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, “now what?
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don’t know how many consciences.
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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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One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.
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For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
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Life begins on the other side of despair.
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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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Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.
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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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All men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
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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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I am myself and I am here.
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There is only one day left, always starting over: It is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.
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What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
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