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I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.

Jean-Paul Sartre

We must act out passion before we can feel it.
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Act Feeling Passion
A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Leaving Life Man Philosophy
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
Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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Escape Genius Himself Man
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
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Philosophy Responsible
All men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
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Existence God Man
You’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
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Mindset Myself Pain Yourself
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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Life Value Yourself
He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.
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Death End Himself
I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
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Expectation Ideas Myself Opposite
I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Empty Myself Tragedy
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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Himself Mad Man Philosophy
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.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Distance Existence Greatness Heart
Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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Death Live Oppression
One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.
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Death Life Moments Oneself Philosophy Yourself
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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Defeat Victory Yourself

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