The painful secret of gods and kings is that men are free, Aegistheus. You know it and they do not. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best. Jean-Paul Sartre difficultsummerinspirational If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic. Jean-Paul Sartre authenticitysakeifs I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become. Jean-Paul Sartre my-smilepupilsheaven In life man commits himself and draws his own portrait, outside of which there is nothing. No doubt this thought may seem harsh to someone who has not made a success of his life. But on the other hand, it helps people to understand that reality alone counts, and that dreams, expectations and hopes only serve to define a man as a broken dream, aborted hopes, and futile expectations. Jean-Paul Sartre dreammenreality I am. I am, I exist, I think, therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think any more, I am because I think that I don't want to be, I think that I . . . because . . . ugh! Jean-Paul Sartre ughwantthinking God is dead. Let us not understand by this that he does not exist or even that he no longer exists. He is dead. He spoke to us and is silent. We no longer have anything but his cadaver. Perhaps he Jean-Paul Sartre somewhere-elsedreammen We do not judge the people we love. Jean-Paul Sartre judginglovepeople I respect orders but I respect myself too and I do not obey foolish rules made especially to humiliate me. Jean-Paul Sartre foolishmadeorder Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophicalchoicesmen It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it. Jean-Paul Sartre generositylifethinking Hell is other people at breakfast. Jean-Paul Sartre foodpeoplebreakfast I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in . . . but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted. Jean-Paul Sartre nauseaexistentialismwant Commitment is an act, not a word. Jean-Paul Sartre inspirationalcommitmentinteresting I am alone in the midst of these happy, reasonable voices. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven's name, why is it so important to think the same things all together. Jean-Paul Sartre voicenamesthinking Because we can imagine, we are free. Jean-Paul Sartre imagine your judgement judges you and defines you Jean-Paul Sartre define-youjudgementjudging To choose not to choose is still to act. Jean-Paul Sartre stills Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him. Jean-Paul Sartre lightheartmen Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophicalpowerfulthinking In wanting freedom we discover that it depends entirely on the freedom of others, and that the freedom of others depends on ours. . . I am obliged to want others to have freedom at the same time that I want my own freedom. I can take freedom as my goal only if I take that of others as a goal as well. Jean-Paul Sartre wellsgoalwant
