Existence precedes and rules essence.

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.

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not...

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

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...

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...

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in...

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in...

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...

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.

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who...

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who...

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

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

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.

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

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

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day...

Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day...

There's a clock on the wall and it's measuring down The time you have left...

There's a clock on the wall and it's measuring down The time you have left...

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.