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I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.

Jean-Paul Sartre

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Philosophy Responsible
There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, “now what?
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Book Himself Philosophy Universe
A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.
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Leaving Life Man Philosophy
The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks.
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Myself Philosophy Spiritual Thinking
Life is a useless passion.
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Life One Liner Passion
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
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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Heart Myself
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Escape Life Ourselves See
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
What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
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Important Philosophy Reaction
What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.
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Important Philosophy Reaction
Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.
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Deep Philosophy Result Silence Word
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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Born Death Existence Philosophy Reason Weakness
All men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
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Existence God Man
I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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Death Myself
I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.
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Eat Existence Live Myself Tree

I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.

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