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Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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?
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Appearance Friendship Learning Live Naked People See
As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Man Philosophy Transformation
Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Fear Myself Philosophy
I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Expectation Ideas Myself Opposite
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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Distance Existence Greatness Heart
All men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Existence God Man
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Philosophy Responsible
I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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Empty Myself Tragedy
To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Break Change Thinking Yourself
Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Destroy Man Philosophy
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.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Philosophy Start Thinking Yourself
We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Deep Myself Philosophy
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
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Exception Live Philosophy
Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.
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Deep Eyes Ruin Smile
Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Escape Genius Himself Man
Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Animal Heart Lie

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

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Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

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