We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREConsciousness is a being the nature of which is to be conscious of the nothingness of its being.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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When the rich wage war it’s the poor who die.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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I’d come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.
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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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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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My eyes feel all soft, all soft as flesh. I’m going to sleep.
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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.
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I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati’s.
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Words are loaded pistols.
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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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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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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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For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
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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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I do not think, therefore I am a moustache.
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