Man is what he wills himself to be. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men. Jean-Paul Sartre animallovechildren 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 drawingmenbelieve 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 colormenreality 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 eyefatherthinking Man must be invented each day Jean-Paul Sartre each-dayinspirationmen 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 responsibilityphilosophyart 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 musicgivinghands 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 existentialismsouldesire Violence is good for those who have nothing to lose. Jean-Paul Sartre nothing-to-loselosesviolence Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident Jean-Paul Sartre philosophicalweaknessreason 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 truthdreamart For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it. Jean-Paul Sartre funny-traveladventuretravel Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor. Jean-Paul Sartre endeavorcharactersex 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 shelveslastsbook 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 kissingeggsevil 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 impossiblemenrooms I hate victims who respect their executioners. Jean-Paul Sartre fake-peoplehatejudging 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 glassesreflectionheaven The writer is committed when he plunges to the very depths of himself with the intent to disclose, not his individuality, but his person in the complex society that conditions and supports him. Jean-Paul Sartre supportindividualitydepth
