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

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

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...

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look...

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look...

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of...

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of...

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a...

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a...

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?

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...

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are...

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are...

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.

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

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

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

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.

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...

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 have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to...

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to...