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 More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain’s children: thy will be done. You have allowed men’s hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done. Jean-Paul Sartre heartmenchildren It is no longer possible to escape men. Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints. Farewell to pride. All that is left is men. Jean-Paul Sartre farewellpridemen I do not understand! I understand nothing! I cannot understand nor do I want to understand! I want to believe! To Believe! Jean-Paul Sartre beliefwantbelieve There it is: I am gently slipping into the water's depths, towards fear. Jean-Paul Sartre slippingdepthwater Aegistheus, the kings have another secret.... Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man. It is a matter for men to handle amongst themselves, and it is up to other men and to them alone to let him flee or to destroy him. Jean-Paul Sartre soulkingsmen All-powerful god, who am I but the fear that I inspire in others? Jean-Paul Sartre powerful-godpowerfulinspire The status of 'native' is a nervous condition introduced and maintained by the settler among colonized people with their consent. Jean-Paul Sartre consentnervouspeople Generally speaking there is no irreducible taste or inclination. They all represent a certain appropriative choice of being. It is up to existential psychoanalysis to compare and classify Jean-Paul Sartre choicesfundamentalsreality The real nature of the present revealed itself: it was what exists, all that was not present did not exist. Jean-Paul Sartre existentialrealtime Everything in my past, in my training, everything that has been most essential in my activity up to now has made me above all a man who writes, and it is too late for that to change. Jean-Paul Sartre writingmenpast I have nothing but contempt for you idiotic chosen ones who have the heart to rejoice when there are the damned in Hell and the poor on earth; as for me, I am on the side of men and I will not leave it. Jean-Paul Sartre sidesheartmen We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for that of all men. Jean-Paul Sartre individualitywishmen Words There is no good father, that's the rule. Don't lay the blame on men but on the bond of paternity, which is rotten. To beget children, nothing better; to have them, what iniquity! Jean-Paul Sartre menfatherchildren Hell is for other people. Jean-Paul Sartre hellpeople It is too early to love. We will buy the right to do so by shedding blood. Jean-Paul Sartre shedding-bloodlifeblood Time is too large, it can't be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates. Jean-Paul Sartre plungefilled-upexistentialism To love is never just to love since it is also to will to love, and ... to love in spite of oneself, to allow oneself to be overcome by one's love. Jean-Paul Sartre spiteovercominglove-is This is the basis for the joy of love when there is joy; we feel that our existence is justified. Jean-Paul Sartre existencejustifiedjoy emotion is first of all and in principle an accident Jean-Paul Sartre emotionprinciplesfirsts Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of form a distance; it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast - or else there is nothing at all. Jean-Paul Sartre nauseadistanceheart
