For forty years I was conscripted by the absolute, the neurosis. The absolute is gone. There remain countless tasks among which literature is in no way privileged. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company. Jean-Paul Sartre lonelywisdominspirational Every word has consequences. Every silence, too. Jean-Paul Sartre consequencesilence Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is. Jean-Paul Sartre purposeactionmen He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. Jean-Paul Sartre perspectiveworrycommitment What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence. Jean-Paul Sartre interruptionswhat-is-lifepeaceful Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. Jean-Paul Sartre freedomattitudeinspirational Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. Jean-Paul Sartre freedomresponsibilitylife Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose. Jean-Paul Sartre life-has-no-meaningup-to-yougiving the worst part about being lied to is knowing you werent worth the truth Jean-Paul Sartre being-liedliedknowing We are our choices. Jean-Paul Sartre our-choiceschoices Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth. Jean-Paul Sartre destinyresponsibilitymen Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism. Jean-Paul Sartre choicesmattermen We make our own hell out of the people around us. Jean-Paul Sartre hellpeople Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat. Jean-Paul Sartre sailingrocksguy We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. Jean-Paul Sartre learninggrowthinspirational There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours. Jean-Paul Sartre chaosmaybeautiful Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible. Jean-Paul Sartre our-actionsresponsibleway Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals. Jean-Paul Sartre truth-issimplesometimes Everything has been figured out, except how to live. Jean-Paul Sartre spiritualwittylife Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. Jean-Paul Sartre existentialismmomentslife
