Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREIt is only in our decisions that we are important.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Words are loaded pistols.
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Existence is prior to essence.
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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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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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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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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.
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People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
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Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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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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Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
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I am myself and I am here.
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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
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