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 More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre Man is condemned to be free Jean-Paul Sartre philosophical freedom philosophy I don't know. Everything. Living. Smoking. Jean-Paul Sartre smoking knows A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing. Jean-Paul Sartre impress involved men The For-itself, in fact, is nothing but the pure nihilation of the In-itself; it is like a hole of being at the heart of Being. Jean-Paul Sartre holes heart facts Some men are born committed to action: they do not have a choice, they have been thrown on a path, at the end of that path, an act awaits them, their act. Jean-Paul Sartre choices path men Man's existence precedes his essence Jean-Paul Sartre human-nature essence men The revolution you dream of is not ours. You don't want to change the world; you want to blow it up. Jean-Paul Sartre blow dream world I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency. Jean-Paul Sartre revelations minutes asking An individual chooses and makes himself. Jean-Paul Sartre individual When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. Jean-Paul Sartre politics war peace I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophical abstract murder With despair, true optimism begins: the optimism of the man who expects nothing, who knows he has no rights and nothing coming to him, who rejoices in counting on himself alone and in acting alone for the good of all. Jean-Paul Sartre optimism rights men Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse. Jean-Paul Sartre criminals judging faces The past is the luxury of proprietors. Jean-Paul Sartre luxury past One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life. Jean-Paul Sartre existentialism lines too-late Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophical trust intelligent In the state I was in, if someone had come and told me I could go home quietly, that they would leave me my life whole, it would have left me cold: several hours or several years of waiting is all the same when you have lost the illusion of being eternal. Jean-Paul Sartre waiting home years I am alone in this white, garden-rimmed street. Alone and free. But this freedom is rather like death. Jean-Paul Sartre streets garden white So it comes to this; one doesn’t need rest. Why bother about sleep if one isn’t sleepy? That stands to reason, doesn’t it? Wait a minute, there’s a snag somewhere; something disagreeable. Why, now, should it be disagreeable? …Ah, I see; it’s life without a break. Jean-Paul Sartre waiting sleep needs You see, I'm fond of teasing, it's a second nature with me—and I'm used to teasing myself. Plaguing myself, if you prefer; I don't tease nicely. Jean-Paul Sartre tease used ifs
