First all men must be able to become men by the improvement of their conditions of existence, so that a universal morality can be created. If I begin by saying to them: "Thou Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From 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 philosophical want philosophy All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage of them the best I can. Jean-Paul Sartre accustomed possibility advantage The absurd man will not commit suicide; he wants to live, without relinquishing any of his certainty, without a future, without hope, without illusions … and without resignation either. He stares at death with passionate attention and this fascination liberates him. He experiences the “divine irresponsibility” of the condemned man. Jean-Paul Sartre fascination suicide men It’s the well-behaved children that make the most formidable revolutionaries. They don’t say a word, they don’t hide under the table, they eat only one piece of chocolate at a time. But later on, they make society pay dearly. Jean-Paul Sartre pieces chocolate children Man is what he wills himself to be. Jean-Paul Sartre no-exit men I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm. Jean-Paul Sartre modesty virtue humble When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die. Jean-Paul Sartre rich powerful war What is meant here by saying that existence precedes essence? It means first of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and, only afterwards, defines himself. If man, as the existentialist conceives him, is indefinable, it is because at first he is nothing. Only afterward will he be something, and he himself will have made what he will be. Jean-Paul Sartre essence men mean That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Jean-Paul Sartre dry self mean I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophical soul needs A man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his life as if he were recounting it. Jean-Paul Sartre men philosophy art I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating. Jean-Paul Sartre existentialism existence If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically. Jean-Paul Sartre humor waiting funny Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have. Jean-Paul Sartre doe men Il n'y a de réalité que dans l'action. (There is no reality except in action.) Jean-Paul Sartre existentialism action reality [Lost of the absolute] is in this sense that ''I no longer know what to do with my life" must be understood. Critics have been mistaken about the meaning of this phrase, seeing in it a cry of despair as in Simone de Beauvoir's "I have been cheated." When she uses this word it is to indicate that she claims from life an absolute which she cannot find there. Jean-Paul Sartre despair phrases use When you live alone you no longer know what it is to tell a story: the plausible disappears at the same time as the friends. You let events flow by too: you suddenly see people appear who speak and then go away; you plunge into stories of which you can't make head or tail: you'd make a terrible witness. Jean-Paul Sartre heads-or-tails going-away people It is disgusting -- Why must we have bodies? Jean-Paul Sartre disgusting body I am beginning to believe that nothing can ever be proved. These are honest hypotheses which take the facts into account: but I sense so definitely that they come from me, and that they are simply a way of unifying my own knowledge. Not a glimmer comes from Rollebon's side. Slow, lazy, sulky, the facts adapt themselves to the rigour of the order I wish to give them; but it remains outside of them. I have the feeling of doing a work of pure imagination. Jean-Paul Sartre giving order believe Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience. Jean-Paul Sartre acting personality people
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