At times discreetly, at times disgustingly, I yielded to the most fatal temptation whenever I could no longer bear it: as a result of impatience, Orpheus lost Eurydice; as a result of impatience, I lost myself. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre Understand me: I wish to be a man from somewhere, a man among men. You see, a slave, when he passes by, weary and surly, carrying a heavy load, limping along and looking down at his feet, only at his feet to avoid falling down; he is in his town, like a leaf in greenery, like a tree in a forest, argos surrounds him, heavy and warm, full of herself; I want to be that slave, Electra, I want to pull the city around me and to roll myself up in it like a blanket. I will not leave. Jean-Paul Sartre cities men fall All I want is' - and he uttered the final words through clenched teeth and with a sort of shame - 'to retain my freedom.' I should myself have thought,' said Jacques, 'that freedom consisted in frankly confronting situations into which one had deliberately entered, and accepting all one's responsibilities. But that, no doubt, is not your view. Jean-Paul Sartre responsibility views doubt Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the gods can do nothing against that man. Jean-Paul Sartre liberty soul men Through the lack of attaching myself to words, my thoughts remain nebulous most of the time. They sketch vague, pleasant shapes and then are swallowed up; I forget them almost immediately. Jean-Paul Sartre my-thoughts shapes forget Man exists, turns up, appears on the scene and only afterwards, defines himself Jean-Paul Sartre turns scene men In order to make myself recognized by the Other, I must risk my own life. To risk one's life, in fact, is to reveal oneself as not-bound to the objective form or to any determined existence Jean-Paul Sartre risk order facts Man is always separated from what he is by all the breadth of the being which he is not. He makes himself known to himself from the other side of the world and he looks from the horizon Jean-Paul Sartre horizon men looks Existence precedes and rules essence. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophical existence essence I committed the first crime by creating men as mortals. After that, what more could you do, you the murderers? Come on; they already had death in them: at most you simply hastened things a little. Jean-Paul Sartre creating guilt men I am myself and I am here. Jean-Paul Sartre She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines like a little diamond", "What does?" "This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal. Jean-Paul Sartre space shining air In the nineteenth century one had to give all sorts of guarantees and lead an exemplary life in order to cleanse oneself in the eyes of the bourgeois of the sin of writing, for literature is, in essence, heresy. The situation has not changed except that it is now the Communists, that is, the qualified representatives of the proletariat, who as a matter of principle regard the writer as suspect. Jean-Paul Sartre eye writing order What I see is teeming cohesion, contained dispersal... For him, to sculpt is to take the fat off space. Jean-Paul Sartre cohesion sculpture space What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophical umpires issues To eat is to appropriate by destruction. Jean-Paul Sartre appropriate existentialism destruction I enjoy feeling fastidious and aloof. I enjoy saying no, always no, and I should be afraid of any attempt to construct a finally habitable world, because I should merely have to say - Yes; and act like other people. Jean-Paul Sartre feelings people world I grow warm, I begin to feel happy. There is nothing extraordinary in this, it is a small happiness of Nausea: it spreads at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of out time - the time of purple suspenders, and broken chair seats; it is made of white, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain. No sooner than born, it is already old, it seems as though I have known it for twenty years. Jean-Paul Sartre purple oil white I have crossed the seas, I have left cities behind me, and I have followed the source of rivers towards their source or plunged into forests, always making for other cities. I have had women, I have fought with men ; and I could never turn back any more than a record can spin in reverse. And all that was leading me where ? To this very moment. Jean-Paul Sartre cities sea men The appearance of the other in the world corresponds therefore to a congealed sliding of the whole universe. Jean-Paul Sartre appearance whole world Existence is prior to essence. Jean-Paul Sartre existence essence
