I was escaping from Nature and at last becoming myself, that Other whom I was aspiring to be in the eyes of others. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre The universe remains dark. We are animals struck by catastrophe. Jean-Paul Sartre catastrophedarkanimal I maintain that inversion is the effect of neither a prenatal choice nor an endocrinal malformation nor even the passive and determined result of complexes. It is an outlet that a child discovers when he is suffocating. Jean-Paul Sartre determinedchoiceschildren Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a "talent;" my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith. Jean-Paul Sartre talentfaithhappiness It is better; heavier, crueler. The mouth you wear for hell. Jean-Paul Sartre no-exithellmouths What is not possible is not to choose. Jean-Paul Sartre The [Communist] Party has one objective: the creation of a socialist economy; and one means: the utilization of the class struggle. Jean-Paul Sartre partystrugglemean So long as one believes in God, one has the right to do the Good in order to be moral. Jean-Paul Sartre orderlongbelieve Perception is naturally surpassed toward action; better yet, it can be revealed only in and through projects of action. The world is revealed as an "always future hollow", for we are always future to ourselves. Jean-Paul Sartre perceptionactionworld L'homme est une passion inutile. Man is a useless passion. Jean-Paul Sartre passionuselessmen I needed to justify my existence, and I had made an absolute of literature. It took me thirty years to get rid of this state of mind. Jean-Paul Sartre literaturemindyears The characteristic of every neurosis is to represent itself as natural. Jean-Paul Sartre neurosischaracteristicsnatural It is enough that one man hate another for hate to gain, little by little, all mankind. Jean-Paul Sartre hatehatredmen What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never useit for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one objective: power. Jean-Paul Sartre partypowermean It is the same: a chosen one is a man whom God's finger crushes against the wall. Jean-Paul Sartre crushwallmen But for me there is neither Monday nor Sunday: there are days which pass in disorder, and then, sudden lightning like this one. Nothing has changed and yet everything is different. I can't describe it, it's like the Nausea and yet it's just the opposite: at last an adventure happens to me and when I question myself I see that it happens that I am myself and that I am here; I am the one who splits in the night, I am as happy as the hero of a novel. Jean-Paul Sartre heromondayadventure The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks. Jean-Paul Sartre consciousnessthinking The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic. Jean-Paul Sartre heroiccowardhero If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light. Jean-Paul Sartre forgivinglightearth What's done at night belongs to the night. In the daytime you don't talk about it. Jean-Paul Sartre daytimedonenight Man is condemned to be free Jean-Paul Sartre philosophicalfreedomphilosophy
