An individual chooses and makes himself. Jean-Paul Sartre View this quote
Reflection poisons desire. Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
So long as one believes in God, one has the right to do the good in order to be moral. Jean-Paul Sartre
Some men are born committed to action: they do not have a choice, they have been thrown on a path, at the end of that path, an act awaits them, their act. Jean-Paul Sartre
The appearance of the other in the world corresponds therefore to a congealed sliding of the whole universe. Jean-Paul Sartre
The characteristic of every neurosis is to represent itself as natural. Jean-Paul Sartre
The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks. Jean-Paul Sartre
The individual’s duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one but himself, to challenge every idea and every person. Jean-Paul Sartre
The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses the two. Jean-Paul Sartre
The more absurd life is, the more insupportable death is. Jean-Paul Sartre
The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question. Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic
June 21st, 1905 - April 15th, 1980