Thrown into the atmosphere of action [in 1954], I suddenly understood the kind of neurosis that dominated all my previous work. I had not been able to recognize it before: I was inside. Simone de Beauvoir had guessed these reasons before I did. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company. Jean-Paul Sartre lonely wisdom inspirational Every word has consequences. Every silence, too. Jean-Paul Sartre consequence silence Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is. Jean-Paul Sartre purpose action men He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. Jean-Paul Sartre perspective worry commitment What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence. Jean-Paul Sartre interruptions what-is-life peaceful Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. Jean-Paul Sartre freedom attitude inspirational Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. Jean-Paul Sartre freedom responsibility life Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose. Jean-Paul Sartre life-has-no-meaning up-to-you giving the worst part about being lied to is knowing you werent worth the truth Jean-Paul Sartre being-lied lied knowing We are our choices. Jean-Paul Sartre our-choices choices Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth. Jean-Paul Sartre destiny responsibility men Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism. Jean-Paul Sartre choices matter men We make our own hell out of the people around us. Jean-Paul Sartre hell people Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat. Jean-Paul Sartre sailing rocks guy We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. Jean-Paul Sartre learning growth inspirational There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours. Jean-Paul Sartre chaos may beautiful Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible. Jean-Paul Sartre our-actions responsible way Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals. Jean-Paul Sartre truth-is simple sometimes Everything has been figured out, except how to live. Jean-Paul Sartre spiritual witty life Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. Jean-Paul Sartre existentialism moments life
