As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

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

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

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

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which...

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

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.

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one...

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one...

We [poets] set men free from their desires.

We [poets] set men free from their desires.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.