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 Atheism is a cruel long term business, and I have gone through it to the end. Jean-Paul Sartre atheism gone long When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men. Jean-Paul Sartre animal love children You know how much I admire Che Guevara. In fact, I believe that the man was not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age: as a fighter and as a man, as a Jean-Paul Sartre drawing men believe What I ask of [the writer] is not to ignore the reality and the fundamental problems that exist. The world's hunger, the atomic threat, the alienation of man, I am astonished that they do not color all our literature. Jean-Paul Sartre color men reality What then did you expect when you unbound the gag that muted those black mouths? That they would chant your praises? Did you think that when those heads that our fathers had forcibly bowed down to the ground were raised again, you would find adoration in their eyes? Jean-Paul Sartre eye father thinking Man must be invented each day Jean-Paul Sartre each-day inspiration men Man is abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no aim but what he sets himself. Jean-Paul Sartre responsibility philosophy art For the moment, the jazz is playing; there is no melody, just notes, a myriad tiny tremors. The notes know no rest, an inflexibleorder gives birth to them then destroys them, without ever leaving them the chance to recuperate and exist for themselves.... I would like to hole them back, but I know that, if I succeeded in stooping one, there would only remain in may hand a corrupt and languishing sound. I must accept their death; I must even want that death: I know of few more bitter or intense impressions. Jean-Paul Sartre music giving hands I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul. Jean-Paul Sartre existentialism soul desire Violence is good for those who have nothing to lose. Jean-Paul Sartre nothing-to-lose loses violence Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident Jean-Paul Sartre philosophical weakness reason Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. Jean-Paul Sartre ifs Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth. Jean-Paul Sartre truth dream art For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it. Jean-Paul Sartre funny-travel adventure travel Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor. Jean-Paul Sartre endeavor character sex There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, "now what? Jean-Paul Sartre shelves lasts book A kiss without a moustache, they said then, is like an egg without salt; I will add to it: and it is like Good without Evil. Jean-Paul Sartre kissing eggs evil If I relegate impossible Salvation to the prop room, what remains? A whole man, composed of all men and as good as all of them and no better than any. Jean-Paul Sartre impossible men rooms I hate victims who respect their executioners. Jean-Paul Sartre fake-people hate judging Your scare me rather. My reflection in the glass never did that; of course, I knew it so well. Like something I had tamed...I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become. Jean-Paul Sartre glasses reflection heaven