Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of...

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of...

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I...

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I...

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

We do not judge the people we love.

We do not judge the people we love.

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is...

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is...

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the...

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the...

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.