Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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I do not think, therefore I am a moustache.
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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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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except 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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Words are loaded pistols.
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I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
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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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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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You’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.
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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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