Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Life begins on the other side of despair.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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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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Your judgement judges you and defines you.
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I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.
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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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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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Consciousness is a being the nature of which is to be conscious of the nothingness of its being.
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She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.
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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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Existence is an imperfection.
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I am myself and I am here.
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I confused things with their names: that is belief.
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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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