The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREGenius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
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We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
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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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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
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Existence is an imperfection.
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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 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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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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I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.
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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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When the rich wage war it’s the poor who die.
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Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.
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Life begins on the other side of despair.
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Life is a useless passion.
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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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