All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

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

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

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

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

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

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...

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.

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

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.

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...

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer...

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer...

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.

Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say,...

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say,...