An individual chooses and makes himself. Jean-Paul Sartre View this quote
I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted. Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati’s. Jean-Paul Sartre
I must be without remorse or regrets as I am without excuse; for from the instant of my upsurge into being, I carry the weight of the world by myself alone without anything or any person being able to lighten it. Jean-Paul Sartre
I needed to justify my existence, and I had made an absolute of literature. It took me thirty years to get rid of this state of mind. Jean-Paul Sartre
I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do just the opposite. Jean-Paul Sartre
I respect orders but I respect myself too and I do not obey foolish rules made especially to humiliate me. Jean-Paul Sartre
I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens. Jean-Paul Sartre
I want no secrets or soul-states, nothing ineffable; I am neither virgin nor priest enough to play with the inner life. Jean-Paul Sartre
I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don’t know how many consciences. Jean-Paul Sartre
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. Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic
June 21st, 1905 - April 15th, 1980