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

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

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.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

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...

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...

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for...

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for...

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...

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

We do not judge the people we love.

We do not judge the people we love.

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...

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

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...

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.