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We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.

Jean-Paul Sartre

I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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Book Empty Heart Human Myself
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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Myself Oneself Word
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
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Exception Live Philosophy
It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are.
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Decision Feeling Live Thinking
What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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Fear World
One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.
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Death Life Moments Oneself Philosophy Yourself
Life begins on the other side of despair.
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Beginning Life
I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati’s.
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Choice Myself Religion
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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Alone Existence Heart Myself Suffering
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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Himself Mad Man Philosophy
Your judgement judges you and defines you.
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Character Judgement Yourself
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Escape Life Ourselves See
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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Defeat Victory Yourself
You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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Music Myself Suffering Yourself
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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Appearance Friendship Learning Live Naked People See
Existence is prior to essence.
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Existence One Liner

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.

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