Life begins on the other side of despair.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRELife is a useless passion.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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Existence is prior to essence.
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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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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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My eyes feel all soft, all soft as flesh. I’m going to sleep.
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I think of death only with tranquility, as an end. I refuse to let death hamper life. Death must enter life only to define it.
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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I confused things with their names: that is belief.
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There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, “now what?
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
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I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen.
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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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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.
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