What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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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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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head.
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Existence is prior to essence.
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The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks.
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Your judgement judges you and defines you.
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Life has no meaning a priori, It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
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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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It’s strange. I felt less lonely when I didn’t know you.
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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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Life begins on the other side of despair.
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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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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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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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