The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre Man is the being whose project it is to be God. Jean-Paul Sartre projectsmen One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day. Jean-Paul Sartre sixteenphilosophicalsaint Life is nothing until it is lived; but it is yours to make sense of, and the of it is nothing other than the sense you choose. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophyhistoryart I was not the one to invent lies: they were created in a society divided by class and each of us inherited lies when we were born. It is not by refusing to lie that we will abolish lies: it is by eradicating class by any means necessary. Jean-Paul Sartre classmeanlying Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes. Jean-Paul Sartre ruinseyefaces I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be. Jean-Paul Sartre nestsniceheart There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it. Jean-Paul Sartre there-is-no-godexistentialismhuman-nature Heroism is not to be won at the point of a pen. Jean-Paul Sartre pensheroism If a Jew is fascinated by Christians it is not because of their virtues, which he values little, but because they represent anonymity, humanity without race. Jean-Paul Sartre racehumanitychristian As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way. Jean-Paul Sartre truthstoriesopposites It is not a matter of indifference whether we like oysters or clams, snails or shrimp, if only we know how to unravel the existential significance of these foods. Jean-Paul Sartre shrimpoystersmatter The painful secret of gods and kings is that men are free, Aegistheus. You know it and they do not. Jean-Paul Sartre kingssecretmen God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil; alone, I invented Good. I am the one who cheated, I am the one who performed miracles, I am the one accusing myself today, I alone can absolve myself; me, the man. Jean-Paul Sartre miracleevilmen In any case, if you ever leave me with a handsome man, do not tell me that you trust me because, let me warn you: that is not what will prevent me from deceiving you, if I want to. On the contrary. Jean-Paul Sartre handsomewantmen Remember, Orestes: you were part of my herd, you grazed in the fields along with my sheep. Your liberty is nothing but a mange eating away at you, it is nothing but an exile. Jean-Paul Sartre libertyfieldssheep A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work. Jean-Paul Sartre kingdomssheepmen You take souls for vegetables.... The gardener can decide what will become of his carrots but no one can choose the good of others for them. Jean-Paul Sartre carrotsvegetablessoul Thus it amounts to the same thing whether one gets drunk alone or is a leader of nations. Jean-Paul Sartre drunkleaderinspirational Ha! to forget. How childish! I feel you in my bones. Your silence screams in my ears. You may nail your mouth shut, you may cut out your tongue, can you keep yourself from existing? Will you stop your thoughts. Jean-Paul Sartre nailscuttingsilence Some of these days, Oh, you'll miss me honey Jean-Paul Sartre miss-memissinghoney
