I am responsible for everything... except my very responsibility. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre Absurd, irreducible; nothing--not even a profound and secret delirium of nature--could explain [a tree root]. Jean-Paul Sartre nature roots profound Yes, I am so free. And what a superb absence is my soul. Jean-Paul Sartre superb soul absence Because the Nazi venom worked its way even into our thoughts, every accurate thought was a conquest; because an all-powerful police sought to force us into silence every word became as precious as a declaration of principle; because we were persecuted, each of our gestures carried the weight of a commitment. Jean-Paul Sartre powerful silence commitment There is no book of mine that I reject. That does not mean that I find them good. Jean-Paul Sartre doe mean book Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence. Jean-Paul Sartre existence essence A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words. Jean-Paul Sartre political social mean A pale reflection of myself wavers in my consciousness...and suddenly the “I” pales, pales, and fades out. Jean-Paul Sartre pale consciousness reflection You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen. Jean-Paul Sartre citizens house son Night is falling: at dusk, you must have good eyesight to be able to tell the Good Lord from the Devil. Jean-Paul Sartre devil night fall Two people can form a community by excluding a third. Jean-Paul Sartre community two people Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is. Jean-Paul Sartre inevitable This desire [to write] is rather strange all the same and is not without a certain "cracked" quality. Jean-Paul Sartre quality desire writing I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail. Jean-Paul Sartre tails trying order When one does nothing, one believes oneself responsible for everything. Jean-Paul Sartre responsible doe believe I do not give a damn about the dead. They died for the [Communist] Party and the Party can decide what it wants. I practice a live man's politics, for the living. Jean-Paul Sartre party practice men Existence is an imperfection. Jean-Paul Sartre existence imperfection Torture is senseless violence, born in fear... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky if these crimes were the work of savages: the truth is that torture makes torturers. Jean-Paul Sartre savages lucky doe If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action. Jean-Paul Sartre politics political lying Nicias, do you think you can erase with good deeds the wrongs you committed against your mother? What good deed will ever reach her? Her soul is a scorching noon time, without a single breath of a breeze, nothing moves, nothing changes, nothing lives there; a great emaciated sun, an immobile sun eternally consumes her. Jean-Paul Sartre mother moving thinking Take [Stéphane] Mallarme. I hold him to be the greatest of French poets, and I have taken some time to understand him ! Jean-Paul Sartre poet taken
