“We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.”

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.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

When the rich wage war it’s the poor who die.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.

Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance; it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast – or else there is nothing at all.

Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.

I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.

I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.

In love, one and one are one.

Existence is an imperfection.

I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.

You are — your life, and nothing else.

I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.

It was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else.

Existence is prior to essence.

Only strength respects strength.

False hope is nicer than no hope at all.

Each time we don’t say what we wanna say, we’re dying.

If I don’t have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

We’re all fighting battles no one knows about.

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

Two things you need to remember: 1. Don’t sweat the small stuff. 2. It’s ALL small stuff.

The only person with whom you have to compare ourselves, is that you in the past. And the only per-son better you should be, this is who you are now.