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

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

We do not judge the people we love.

We do not judge the people we love.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you...

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you...

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

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

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at...

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at...

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...

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

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

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

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.

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give...

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give...

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

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

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

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.

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...

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.