Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREShe believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Nothingness haunts Being.
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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’d come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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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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People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?
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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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I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.
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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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It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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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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There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
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I am a mere breath of air; a formless thought that thinks of you.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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